Neutron

In-active Re-Usable

Rocket Lab (RL)

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Description

Neutron is an upcoming medium-lift two-stage launch vehicle under development by Rocket Lab. Neutron features a reusable first stage fueled by LOX and Methane.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
40.0 m
Diameter
7.0 m
Fairing Diameter
5.0 m
Launch Mass
480.0 T
Thrust
5960.0 kN

Family

Name
Neutron
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Neutron

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
15000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Rocket Lab

Commercial

CEO: Peter Beck

RL 2006

Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Neutron | Maiden Flight

Rocket Lab | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Maiden flight of the Neutron launch vehicle.

Unknown

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Neutron | NZSA Venus Mission

Rocket Lab | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
TBD December, 2027

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

NZSA Venus Mission is a small direct Venus entry probe with a single 1 kg low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing nephelometer riding on a satellite bus based on the Photon Upper stage of the Electron rocket. The probe mission will spend approximately 5 minutes in the Venus cloud layers, 48-60 km above the surface, collecting in situ measurements to search for organic molecules in cloud particles and constrain particle composition.

Heliocentric N/A

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