The Electron’s fuel tanks—its Rutherford engine burns kerosene and liquid oxygen—are 40 percent lighter than traditional metal tanks. Rocket Lab will charge a base price of $5.7 million for ...

Electron’s first commercial launch ... FactSet were looking for a loss of 11 cents a share. Related: Rocket Lab’s Archimedes engine test ‘a signi f icant catalyst’ for new Neutron rocket ...

The nine Rutherford engines on the first stage ignited ... Confirmation of spacecraft separation then followed. Just like Electron Flight 10, Rocket Lab was conducting post-mission testing on ...

When Rocket Lab unveiled the Rutherford engine at the 31st Space Symposium in Colorado, it looked like any other space engine. It wasn’t. Rocket Lab manufactured the Rutherford via additive ...

Rocket Lab -- a U.S. and New Zealand-based company -- has been working toward the second test flight of its Electron rocket since its first test in May. But unlike the first test, this second ...

Rocket Lab noted that Electron remains the United States ... its first successful hot fire of Neutron’s Archimedes engine when it reported earnings last quarter. Neutron’s first flight ...