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Virginia space launch2/10/2024 Robert Bongiovi, director of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise. We look forward to Rocket Lab successfully launching the STP-27RM mission from Launch Complex 2 next spring, which will test new capabilities that we will need in the future,” said Col. “Rocket Lab’s launch site at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, strengthens the United States’ ability to provide responsive and reliable access to space. Rocket Lab has made frequent, reliable and responsive access to space the new normal for small satellites.” “With the choice of two Rocket Lab launch sites offering more than 130 launch opportunities each year, our customers enjoy unmatched control over their launch schedule and orbital requirements. We’ve already successfully delivered STP payloads on Electron from Launch Complex 1, and we’re proud to be providing that same rapid, responsive, and tailored access to orbit from U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program payload as the inaugural mission from Launch Complex 2. “It’s an honor and privilege to be launching a U.S. Rocket Lab’s Founder and Chief Executive, Peter Beck, says the completion of Launch Complex 2 represents a new era in frequent, reliable and responsive space access from the United States. The dedicated mission will see a single research and development micro-sat launched from the site in Q2 2020. Air Force’s Space Test Program has been announced as the first customer scheduled to launch on an Electron vehicle from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2. The ability to deploy satellites to precise orbits in a matter of hours, not months or years, is increasingly important to ensure resilience in space.Īt a press conference held at NASA Wallops Flight Facility today, the U.S. Designed to support rapid call-up missions, Launch Complex 2 delivers responsive launch capability from home soil for U.S. Construction on the site began in February 2019, with the site completed and ready to support missions just 10 months later. Located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 represents a new national launch capability for the United States. launch site, and confirmed the inaugural mission from the site will be a dedicated flight for the U.S. – Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has today officially opened Launch Complex 2, the company’s first U.S. Launch Complex 2, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. If selected for the internship, you will be assigned duties that are applicable to your degree and career goals.Scheduled for lift-off in Q2 2020, the mission will be Rocket Lab’s first launch from U.S. You will work with a highly experienced team, including thirty-year plus veterans of the Space Shuttle program and other industry leaders. We are recruiting interns for a variety of positions including engineering, security, technology, accounting and finance and corporate buying. Those selected for the program will gain valuable exposure to the day-to-day operations of a premier aerospace company. We are currently seeking qualified rising Seniors, and rising Juniors to join us in the business of launching rockets! You will have the unique opportunity to participate in an internship, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Wallops Island, Virginia or in the World Trade Center in Norfolk, Virginia.
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