Rocket Lab's kill switch for $7m machine
Rocket Lab is preparing for live testing of its Electron rocket which it can kill if it strays off course.
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Rocket Lab unveils new satellite deal
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Sheep, hills, remoteness and rockets. New Zealand is about to blast off from distant Mahia and into the world's $350 billion space economy.
Blastoff - NZ signs space deal with US
NZ and the US sign a deal setting rules around rocket technology and providing a register on what's been blasted into space from our part of the world.
Rocket Lab signs up new space launch customer
Auckland company Rocket Lab has signed another customer to launch small satellites into space later this year.
Rocket Lab signs moon launch deal
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World's first battery rocket
Rocket Lab unveiled its turbo pump system overnight at the United States Space Symposium, a gathering of more than 10,000 involved in space technology in Colorado.