Before joining, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. He became 's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. It's Business Time! Rocket Lab Lofts 6 Satellites on 1st Commercial LaunchĮmail Tariq Malik at or follow him.Rocket Lab Aims to Win Cubesat-Launching Race.What's Next for Rocket Lab? A Q&A With CEO Peter Beck.We brought that sucker right back in and had it in the ocean in good health." "We were able to maintain control authority of the stage right through the reentry corridor. "It went super well," Beck said of last week's test. Eventually, Rocket Lab aims to equip Electron boosters with parachutes and snatch them in mid-air with a helicopter after a launch. That reusability test occurred just last week, when Rocket Lab launched seven small satellites and then tested guidance systems and thrusters to safely guide an Electron first stage back through the atmosphere.
The company launched six commercial missions in 2019, unveiled its new Photon spacecraft for deep-space flights and began testing technology to return Electron boosters to Earth for eventual reuse. Jokes aside, it's been a busy year for Rocket Lab.
Northrop Grumman currently uses Pad 0A to launch its Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo ship to deliver NASA cargo to the International Space Station. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is overseen by the Virginia Commercial Spaceflight Authority and is home to Pad 0A, Pad 0B and now Rocket Lab's LC-2. "We look forward to Rocket Lab successfully launching the STP-27RM mission from Launch Complex 2 next spring, which will test new capabilities that we will need in the future." Robert Bongiovi, director of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Enterprise, said in a statement.
"Rocket Lab's launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, strengthens the United States' ability to provide responsive and reliable access to space," Col. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck (third from left in back) uses giant novelty scissors in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open Launch Complex 2 at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Dec.
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