SpaceX · China · Germany · Ars Technica
Rocket Report: China may soon attempt booster landing; Rocket Lab does rapid response
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Welcome to Edition 8.47 of the Rocket Report!
Key facts
- Last Friday Rocket Lab launched the Victus Haze mission 16 hours and 42 minutes after receiving the US Space Force’s Notice to Launch, beating the previous record by more than 10 hours, the company
- Publicly listed German space technology company OHB has announced plans to raise up to 510.7 million euros ($580 million) by issuing approximately 1.7 million new shares, European Spaceflight reports
- The original contract awarded to Dynetics totaled $131 million, to which NASA later added $9 million for a payload separation system
- Of the funding to be raised, the publication estimates that about 14 percent, or $80 million, could flow to Rocket Factory Augsburg as it continues development
Summary
But now, they have to wonder whether any of them—Rocket Lab’s Neutron, Stoke Space’s Nova, Relativity Space’s Terran R, and Astra’s Rocket 4—will make it. As always, they welcome reader submissions, and if you don’t want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Rocket Lab executes rapid response mission. Last Friday Rocket Lab launched the Victus Haze mission 16 hours and 42 minutes after receiving the US Space Force’s Notice to Launch, beating the previous record by more than 10 hours, the company said. Getting to orbit quickly … The Space Force announced plans for the mission in 2024 when it selected Rocket Lab and True Anomaly to build and launch two satellites into low-Earth orbit. RFA parent company to raise serious funds.