We're excited to welcome a new spacecraft to Electron's 2024 manifest 🚀 We've signed a deal to launch an Earth observation sat for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on a rideshare mission. KAIST’s NeonSat-1 will join @NASA's Advanced Composite Solar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

All hands on (the propulsion) decks for our ESCAPADE satellites! With our propulsion decks now in the satellite cleanroom at our Long Beach HQ, flight hardware is well and truly in build for the Blue & Gold satellites destined for Mars next year with @NASA & @ucbssl.

Excited for our next Electron launch? Us too 🚀 Press kit out now for #TheMoonGodAwakens. Check it out for all mission info. bit.ly/3Gv6amx

Exciting times for @MethaneSAT! We're developing the Mission Operations Control Center for this international climate change mission designed to identify and precisely measure methane emissions. twitter.com/MethaneSAT/sta…

We're just days away from our 10th Electron launch this year, making 2023 our busiest launch year yet. With plans to more than double that launch cadence in 2024, there has never been a more exciting time to join our launch team. Take your career to orbit:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

With more than 20 spacecraft in development, it's busy times for our spacecraft production line 🛰️ Join the team enabling missions to Mars, in-space manufacturing and much more: rocketlabusa.com/careers/positi…

Payload integration is complete for our 42nd Electron launch! We’ve got a final step to clear before launch day – completing a wet dress rehearsal to confirm all systems are ready for lift-off. As such, we’re currently targeting no earlier than 13 Dec NZT for the launch of The… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@michaelsrockets @CommieAme WHO IS PETER BEFK (send us a DM and we'll tell you where to send it)

@CommieAme @michaelsrockets Now you have TWO replies 👋

Our latest spacecraft gets its wings! 🛰️ Qualification testing is underway on the structural thermal model of the spacecraft we're developing for @MDA_space and @Globalstar. We're producing 17 of these spacecraft to augment Globalstar’s existing constellation, delivering… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@Ingo_McLean @SenatorCardin @Call_Me_Dutch @BaltCoGov @BaltCoExec @MDBiz Work is underway now to have the complex operational in the new year.

@jmanfloppy @SenatorCardin @Call_Me_Dutch @BaltCoGov @BaltCoExec @MDBiz Within the next few days, so stay tuned!

@SenatorCardin @Call_Me_Dutch @BaltCoGov @BaltCoExec @MDBiz Once up and running, the new complex will support dev & manufacture of carbon composite spacecraft buses, structural panels & assemblies, sat dispensers, aerostructures & heat shields, composite overwrap pressure vessels, solar panel substrates, launch vehicle structures + more.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

A huge thank you to @SenatorCardin, @Call_Me_Dutch Ruppersberger, @BaltCoGov, @BaltCoExec and Jayson Knott from @MDBiz for helping us celebrate our growing footprint in Maryland today!

Today we announced plans to establish a Space Structures Complex in Middle River, MD! The new complex will produce composites products for our internal spacecraft & launch programs, and also supply products directly to the broader space industry. More: bit.ly/3QHVIwx

@Marc_Topaz @QPS_Inc Mission info: rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-…

With the TSUKUYOMI-I spacecraft for @QPS_Inc now integrated with Electron's Kick Stage, the countdown to launch is on. 🚀 Launch window opens Nov 28 UTC and extends into December. #TheMoonGodAwakens

Everyone go read this story from @RachaelZisk on how companies, starting with @RocketLab, are beginning to get in on planetary science missions that have historically been the government's domain. payloadspace.com/rocket-lab-tak…

Neutron’s last stop before space: Launch Complex 3. Construction of LC-3 at @NASAWallops and @Virginia_Space is underway. Spot Electron’s LC-2 next door for comparison.

We can’t wait to see Blue & Gold in action. Happily, we don’t have to wait long, with launch scheduled in 2024. #ESCAPADE 📸 @akd_ams

The largest instrument is called the ESCAPADE Electrostatic Analyzer. It measures ions over a wide range of energies & angles, incl. those escaping Mars. It also measures energetic electrons. These electrons remain tightly bound to magnetic field lines, spiraling around the lines… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The flat golden square is the Planar Ion Probe, which can measure both solar extreme ultraviolet irradiance and low energy ion density at low altitudes (<500 km). 📸 @akd_ams

But back to the instruments! The golden sphere-on-a-stick is the Floating Potential Probe. It measures how electrically charged the spacecraft gets (positively or negatively). 📸 @akd_ams

Rocket Lab’s role? We’re developing two spacecraft to enable the mission. Named Blue & Gold, the twin spacecraft will spend 11 months in interplanetary space before entering a highly elliptical orbit around Mars. They will spend 6 months gradually descending into the same nominal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The ESCAPADE mission will study how Mars’ magnetosphere – the magnetized area of space around the red planet – interacts with the solar wind & the processes driving its atmospheric escape. By studying these processes on Mars, scientists hope to gain key insights into how they… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

What do you pack for a mission to Mars orbit to study the red planet’s magnetosphere? Why a Floating Potential Probe, Planar Ion Probe & Electrostatic Analyzer, of course! Exciting times at our spacecraft production complex where scientific instruments are being integrated with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

NSF Live: The Return of Electron with Peter Beck @RocketLab twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Today, 3pm EST. Tune in! twitter.com/BCCarCounters/…

Neutron is taking shape thanks to a dedicated team of pioneers designing, building, and testing our next generation rocket. You could be one of them. Join the team: rocketlabusa.com/careers/positi… 📸 @akd_ams

It has been a big year for our HASTE program! Since announcing the capability just 6 months ago, we’ve been awarded 7 launch contracts for hypersonic suborbital missions from LC-2. Details on the latest HASTE contract with @DIU_x here: bwnews.pr/3QpbOLi 📸@akd_ams