Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has achieved yet another successful launch, this time deploying two spacecraft to low Earth orbit for Capella Space. The “Stronger Together” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck congratulated Capella Space and his team for another flawless launch from Virginia.
This marks Rocket Lab’s second mission from Launch Complex 2, following the Company’s first mission from U.S. soil in January 2023. Launch Complex 2 supplements Rocket Lab’s first launch site, Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, from which the Company has launched 32 Electron missions since 2017.
With Launch Complexes 1 and 2 now fully operational, Rocket Lab can support up to 130 flight opportunities every year. The company’s next scheduled mission is a dedicated launch for Spaceflight Inc. customer BlackSky, a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services.
Rocket Lab continues to be a leading launch and space systems company, with several upcoming disclosed Electron missions in 2023 including two launches for the NASA TROPICS constellation, the first of five dedicated missions for Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity provider Kine´is; several additional launches for Capella Space, and the launch of a mission to demonstrate space debris removal technology by Astroscale Japan.
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