This press release has multimedia. See the full version here: Successful launch of “Without Mission A Beat” by Rocket Lab. (Photo: Business Wire) The ‘Beat’ A Beat ‘mission, organized for BlackSky through global launch provider Spaceflight Inc., was the 25th Electron & CloseCurlyQuote disembarkation from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula & CloseCurlyQuote. After taking off at 12:41 UTC on April 2, Electron successfully delivered the pair of BlackSky Gen-2 imaging satellites to a circular orbit of 430 km, increasing the constellation of BlackSky ‘with real-time geospatial spacecraft to 14. BlackSky combines the power of its satellite constellation, which provides high-frequency monitoring of the world’s most strategic and critical locations, with the high-performance software platform, Spectra AI, to provide real-time alerts, data and information for decision makers in a number of industries. The commissioning process of BlackSky & CloseCurlyQuote for these last two satellites is now underway to be put into operation as soon as possible. The latest pair of BlackSky satellites developed by Rocket Lab went commercial and generated revenue within six days of launch. Today’s mission, in addition to the three Rocket Lab launches for BlackSky and Spaceflight in 2021, is part of a multi-launch agreement representing the largest number of satellites BlackSky has dedicated to a single launch provider to date. Rocket Lab has contracted to launch another pair of BlackSky satellites in an exclusive Electron mission scheduled for later this year. Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck says: “Congratulations and welcome back into space once again, BlackSky. The latest missions for BlackSky present the benefits of an exclusive launch to Electron: fast constellation expansion, improved space access, and fast global delivery of information to BlackSky customers. The Rocket Lab is proud to play its part. ” “The launch of these last two satellites enhances the on-demand capacity supply for customers,” said Nick Merski, BlackSky Chief Operations Officer. “We continue to harness our strategic intelligence advantage as we expand our constellation, ensuring that our business and government clients are the first to know about the changes that matter most to them.” Details on Rocket Lab’s next mission will be announced shortly. + Images & Video Content www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/link-to-rocket-lab-imagery-and-video/ + ABOUT THE ROCKET LABORATORY Rocket Lab was founded in 2006 and is an end-to-end space company with a well-established mission success history. We provide reliable launch services, spacecraft components, satellites and other spacecraft management solutions in orbit that make access to space faster, easier and more accessible. Based in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and builds the Electron small orbital launch vehicle and the Photon satellite platform, and develops the 8-tonne Neutron payload launch vehicle. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab & CloseCurlyQuote’s Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched rocket in the United States annually, delivering 112 orbiting satellites to private and public security organizations, nationwide scientific research and space. debris mitigation, earth observation, climate monitoring and communications. Rocket Lab & CloseCurlyQuote’s Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA’s missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. The Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch sites at a private launch site in New Zealand, one of which is currently operational and a second launch site in Virginia, USA. in operation in 2022 To learn more, visit www.rocketlabusa.com + FORECAST STATEMENTS This press release may contain some “concern statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These future statements are based on Rocket Lab & CloseCurlyQuote’s current expectations and beliefs about future developments and their potential implications. These future statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (many of which are beyond the control of Rocket Lab & CloseCurlyQuote) or other assumptions that may make a significant difference to the actual results or performance of those expressed or implied by these future statements. Many factors could make the actual future events significantly different from the future statements in this press release, including the risks associated with the COVID-19 global pandemic. risks associated with government restrictions and lockdowns in New Zealand and other countries in which we operate, which could delay or suspend our operations; delays and interruptions in expansion efforts; our dependence on a limited number of customers; unpredictable interval environment in which our products operate, which could adversely affect our launch vehicle and spacecraft. increased congestion by the multiplication of constellations in low Earth orbit that could substantially increase the risk of a possible collision with space debris or another spacecraft and limit or impair launch flexibility and / or our access to our own orbital ports. increased competition in our industry due in part to rapid technological development and cost reduction. a technological change in our industry that we may not be able to keep up with or that may make our services uncompetitive · Average selling price trends; failure of our launch vehicles, spacecraft and accessories due to design error in production or without our responsibility. start-up schedule interruptions · Supply chain disruptions, product delays or failures. design and engineering defects. boot failures; natural disasters and epidemics or pandemics; changes in government regulations, including restrictions on trade and exports, or the status of our regulatory approvals or applications; reprogramming and customer complaint. the risk that the acquisitions will not be completed in the expected time frame or at all or that the expected benefits and results will not be achieved; “Risk Factors” in the Rocket Lab & CloseCurlyQuote Annual Report for the 10-K Form for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, filed with the SEC on 24 March 2022 and elsewhere (including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may also to aggravate the risks mentioned therein). We can not guarantee that the future developments that will affect the Rocket Lab will be what we expected. Apart from the requirements of the law, Rocket Lab undertakes no obligation to update or revise any future statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. See the original version at businesswire.com:
