Comments on: Rocket Lab launch delayed https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-launch-delayed/ Sun, 21 May 2017 22:25:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-launch-delayed/#comment-984853 Sun, 21 May 2017 22:25:15 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45748#comment-984853 Not only the first orbital flight ever from a commercial company from its own commercial launch site, but from a country that does not even have a government space agency.

]]> By: mkent https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-launch-delayed/#comment-984831 Sun, 21 May 2017 19:40:56 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45748#comment-984831 “It also notes that if successful, the launch will be first orbital flight ever from a commercial company from its own commercial launch site.”

I’m rooting for them, but I wish they wouldn’t puff themselves up with statements that are factually untrue.

“Don’t we have a military rocket in this size range? One of the ‘standard missile’ variants. (?)”

The Minotaur family has vehicles ranging from suborbital to about 1,735 kg to LEO. The closest would be the Minotaur I, which has a payload of 310 kg to a 740 km sun-synchronous orbit.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-launch-delayed/#comment-984799 Sun, 21 May 2017 16:12:49 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45748#comment-984799 Yes, the linked-article does have numerous excellent factoids of interest.

tangentially (and I will look this up– just pondering out loud) -Don’t we have a military rocket in this size range? One of the “standard missile” variants. (?)

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