Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Sep 28

Over half of #RocketLab's revenue 💵 now comes from its #SpaceSystems division, which builds #satellites 🛰️, avionics, solar ☀️ arrays and flight computers 💻 for #DeepSpace. The #Electron rocket 🚀 became the fastest launch vehicle to reach 50 missions in June 2024. #Neutron will be capable of launching probes to #Mars 🔴 and other deep-space destinations. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/if-its-possible-it-must-be-done-rocket-lab-ceo-peter-beck-has-his-eyes-on-missions-to-mars-and-venus

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'If it's possible, it must be done': Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has his eyes on missions to Mars and Venus

'If you want to build a little rocket to get off a little planet, [Rocket Lab is] probably a good place to start,'

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Red Hot Rocket Jul 10, 2023

The #psyche mission is almost ready for launch!

The Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid which is called... well... Psyche!

The launch window opens in October and it will be launched on a Falcon Heavy.

Due to the 1 year delay, they need to take a different route to the asteroid. The new plan is to do a flyby of mars and do a gravity assist.

Psyche uses electric propulsion, which means it needs lots of power. Here is where #rocketlab comes in, they will provide the solar panels to power the spacecraft.

Psyche will reach Psyche in 2029.

#space #nasa #asteroid #solaero #rklb