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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket with one preflown first-stage engine launches a satellite for the company Capella Space on Aug. 23, 2023.COLORADO SPRINGS — Extremely busy with an eye on the future. That's a short and sweet assessment of Rocket Lab's founder and CEO, Peter Beck. In the pantheon of private space groups, Rocket Lab is a roaring success, and Beck wants to keep it that way., a launch vehicle designed to give small satellites dedicated rides to orbit.
"We joke that a Rocket Lab year is like a dog year," Beck said."One Rocket Lab year feels like five."Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors At the end of the day, we're trying to build an end-to-end space company, and that includes mission operations. We can design, build your spacecraft and operate them. The large successful space companies in the future are going to like the model we're building.
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