2024 set spaceflight records for the fourth consecutive year with 259 launches worldwide and one launch attempt roughly every ...

After launch, the SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster settled down for landing on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions ...

Welcome to Edition 7.30 of the Rocket Report! The US government relies on SpaceX for a lot of missions. These include ...

Let's start with the good news. Rocket Lab has a lot to be proud of already: 16 successful rocket launches in 2024 for starters and a 60% growth rate in launch cadence. Rocket Lab investors also have ...

Rocket Lab is strategically investing in the Neutron program, a medium-lift, reusable launch vehicle with a projected payload capacity of 13,000 kg to low Earth orbit. This expansion will ...

Simply put, it's impossible for any other heavy-launch rocket to compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9 on price, payload, or price-per-kilogram of payload. But what about small rockets? Image source ...

Roughly a decade ago, rocket companies anticipated that small, lightweight rockets would become the next launch phenomenon because they would be capable of rapidly launching satellites intended to ...

When deciding whether to launch a small satellite on an Electron, or share space on a Falcon 9 with someone else's payload, Rocket Lab's rocket may -- in certain situations -- actually be able to ...

Due to its focus on innovation and market demands, the company has grown from a small launch provider to a major player in the space economy. Rocket Lab's success in the small launch market has ...