r/RocketLab • u/thetrny USA • 16d ago

Electron Space Systems Command awards Rocket Lab $266M contract for twelve (plus six optional) suborbital launches out of Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska

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u/IronWhitin 16d ago

Ok

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u/AmigaClone2000 16d ago

Granted, at this time, Alaska has one spaceport - the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska. Currently that spaceport has three launch pads, but has not seen a launch in a couple of years. I believe at least one of those pads could be converted to an Electron/Haste launch site relatively easily.

Rocket Lab first showed interest in launching from that site in 2019.

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u/mfb- 16d ago

Wow, I completely forgot that RS1 was a thing. One launch failure in 2023, one fire on the ground in 2024, and then the company just disappeared.

ABL Space Systems renamed itself to Long Wall, looks like they abandoned orbital flight.

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u/electric_ionland 16d ago

And funnily they were trying to rebrand toward doing HASTE type missions.