We have completed breakover operations for the Neutron Stage 2 tank assembly, rotating the stage horizontal – a critical step in the handling of large rocket sections for integration and assembly.
Here’s a last look at Stage 2 on the Neutron Factory floor before it’s wrapped up (literally) for barge shipment to LC-3 on Wallops Island where its fluid systems will be tested and its Archimedes vacuum engine installed.
@BPGibson2025 What was a 5 year old doing in the car in the first place? If they were being trafficked then ICE inadvertently saved the kid. The adult fled from federal officers knowing there was a kid in the car. Where's the outrage at that?
@GovKathyHochul ICE published a report. They were deporting an illegal criminal alien with a violent history. Why focus on the 5 year old and not the fact that he was arrested a year ago and was some how back on the street. Not to mention here ILLEGALLY.
VICTUS HAZE is an iconic mission, and @SpaceNews_Inc agrees.
We're proud to be a finalist for Military Space Achievement at the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards, alongside our VICTUS HAZE teammates @USSpaceForce and @The_TrueAnomaly.
We built a highly capable spacecraft, launched it in record time, commissioned it rapidly, and executed advanced rendezvous and proximity operations to deliver one of the Space Force's most advanced tactically responsive missions to date.
We've just signed Electron's largest commercial launch contract ever: 20x new launches with Earth-observation constellation operator @synspective 🚀🦉
That brings the total number of Synspective launches on Electron to 47 - the most of any Rocket Lab launch customer. We're proud to continue building out their low Earth orbit constellation through to 2031.
It’s official: @IridiumComm shareholders have voted and approved the acquisition by Rocket Lab ✅
By joining forces, we’ll be creating a vertically-integrated space powerhouse that designs, builds, launches, and operates its own constellations to bring critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide.
Full details and next steps: https://t.co/t5cxId1H2v
Rocket Lab began as a small launch company. Today, our rockets, spacecraft, and components power hundreds of missions for science and exploration, national security, and commercial constellations.
Here's a tiny glimpse of how far we've evolved since Electron's first launch less than 10 years ago.
Rockets unlock space. Satellites do the work. We build and operate both.
🚨 HOLY SH*T — THE MOTHERLODE JUST EXPLODED! 🚨
Nick Shirley just uncovered the BIGGEST voter fraud bomb yet: 108 PEOPLE registered to vote at ONE SINGLE ADDRESS — a house that barely exists!
A woman proved how insanely easy it is by registering her TWO DOGS… and they VOTED.
A dead woman voted FOUR TIMES.
This isn’t a glitch. This is a full-blown hijacking of our elections.
PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT RIGHT NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!!
Who else is sick of this?! Drop a 🔥 if you want CLEAN elections! Share this everywhere — they can’t hide it anymore!
#VoterFraudExposed #SaveAmericaAct #NickShirley #ElectionIntegrity
Archimedes second stage engine full duration burn - complete ✅ (and what a thing of beauty).
The AVac (Archimedes Vacuum) engine produces 1.2x lbf of its Stage 1 variant and stands ~2.5m taller thanks to its extended nozzle optimized for the vacuum conditions of space.
Recent AVac testing included a stub skirt for the nozzle. Since full length vacuum nozzles at ground level risk flow separation and instability, stub skirts are used to anchor our engineers' analysis for how the engine will perform with the full nozzle in vacuum conditions - all critical preparation for Neutron's first flight.