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Rocket Lab delays debut of new launcher to dodge bad weather
Rocket Lab, a company eyeing a market to launch small satellites, said Monday that bad weather at its privately-operated launch base on New Zealand's North Island kept a commercial Electron booster from lifting off on its maiden test flight for the second day in a row.
VideoSmall satellite launcher set for first orbital test flight this week
The first test flight of Rocket Lab's commercially-developed Electron launcher was held up by weather Sunday, but conditions could improve for a launch attempt Monday from New Zealand to place an instrumented rocket stage into Earth orbit in a demonstration of the company's low-cost delivery system for lightweight satellites.
NASA to fly CubeSats on three new commercial launchers
NASA announced Wednesday it is joining a chorus of companies pushing for easier access to space, awarding $17.1 million in contracts to three firms developing new launchers tailored for lifting lightweight satellites into orbit.
Rocket Lab plans for New Zealand launch base
The chief executive of Rocket Lab, a venture capital-backed space firm set up to provide dedicated launch services for microsatellites, says the company is on track to complete construction of a new orbital launch site on New Zealand's South Island by the end of 2015.