Rocket Lab Schedules Launch for First of Multiple Missions for BlackSky
10 Febbraio 2025 - 10:30PM
Business Wire
The mission, Rocket Lab’s ninth launch for
BlackSky overall, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in
New Zealand in February.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the
Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems,
today announced it will soon launch a satellite on a dedicated
Electron mission, the first of a bulk order of multiple missions
for real-time space-based intelligence company BlackSky (NYSE:
BSKY).
The mission, named “Fasten Your Space Belts”, will launch from
Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site, Rocket Lab Launch Complex
1, in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on February
18th UTC. The mission will launch the first Gen-3 satellite in
BlackSky’s mid-inclination, Earth-imaging constellation to a
circular 470km orbit. The mission is the ninth launch for BlackSky
since 2019, making Rocket Lab the most prolific launch provider for
BlackSky’s constellation to date.
Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, says: “Electron is a
trusted and reliable constellation builder for companies like
BlackSky, allowing them to be in control of how, when, and where to
deploy their constellation. BlackSky is one of our earliest and
longest-standing commercial satellite customers, and it’s great to
be heading back to the pad with them once again to continue to
advance and expand their constellation.”
“This launch represents a major inflection point for our global
defense and intelligence customer base as BlackSky introduces
low-latency, very high-resolution Gen-3 satellite to our dynamic,
high-frequency monitoring constellation,” said Brian O’Toole,
BlackSky CEO. “As more Gen-3 satellites complete production, we
expect a regular cadence of additional launches over the coming
year.”
The mission will bring the total number of satellites delivered
to space by Rocket Lab to 210 and follows a record year of 16
successful launches 2024. Each mission for BlackSky includes a
Rocket Lab Motorized Lightband separation system for BlackSky’s
satellites, demonstrating Rocket Lab’s vertical integration
strategy and ability to provide commercial launch, satellite, and
spacecraft components solutions across the mission spectrum.
“Fasten Your Space Belts” will be Rocket Lab’s second mission of
2025 and its 60th Electron launch overall. Rocket Lab’s 2025 launch
manifest includes Electron missions for commercial and government
customers, as well as HASTE missions from Launch Complex 2. Launch
windows for each will be announced in due course.
About Rocket Lab
Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with
an established track record of mission success. We deliver reliable
launch services, satellite manufacture, spacecraft components, and
on-orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier, and more
affordable to access space. Headquartered in Long Beach,
California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small
orbital launch vehicle, a family of spacecraft platforms, and the
Company is developing the large Neutron launch vehicle for
constellation deployment. Since its first orbital launch in January
2018, Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has become the second
most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered
over 200 satellites to orbit for private and public sector
organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific
research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate
monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab’s spacecraft platforms
have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars,
as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket
Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch
pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a
third launch pad in Virginia.
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