Rocket Lab launches two BlackSky Earth observation satellites
Capitalism in space: Rocket Lab today successfully launched two commercial BlackSky Earth observation satellites using its Electron rocket.
This was Rocket Lab’s the fourth mission for BlackSky, with each launch putting two satellites in orbit. The satellites provide high resolution imagery to commercial and government customers, imagery presently in high demand because of the Ukraine War.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
12 SpaceX
8 China
4 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab
The U.S. now leads China 19 to 8 in the national rankings.
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Capitalism in space: Rocket Lab today successfully launched two commercial BlackSky Earth observation satellites using its Electron rocket.
This was Rocket Lab’s the fourth mission for BlackSky, with each launch putting two satellites in orbit. The satellites provide high resolution imagery to commercial and government customers, imagery presently in high demand because of the Ukraine War.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
12 SpaceX
8 China
4 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab
The U.S. now leads China 19 to 8 in the national rankings.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Should note this was Electron’s 25th launch, 22nd successful delivery.
I also should note that in the three failures, the failure was not in the Electron itself. Two were in the 2nd stage, and one was a ground software glitch. They have done some expensive learning.
Isn’t that US: 16, China: 8, Russia: 4? (Assuming Rocket Lab is a US outfit.)
Lowell Savage: The list in this post only includes the “leaders” in the launch race. Three other American companies have completed a single launch, Northrup Grumman, Astra, and Virgin Orbit.