Rocket LabNeutronRocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Neutron | Maiden Flight
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Rocket Lab's 111th launch · 32nd this year · humanity's 7,516th orbital launch attempt
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Window: Dec 31, 00:00 – Dec 31, 00:00 UTC
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Maiden Flight
Maiden flight of the Neutron launch vehicle.
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Rocket Lab’s Hungry Hippo completes testing
With Rocket Lab targeting to launch its Neutron vehicle by the end of this year,…
Rocket Report: Rocket Lab shows off its flexibility; Blue Origin's two-pad plan
"We’ve never seen launch capacity so constrained."
First Neutron launch may slip to 2027
Rocket Lab warned that the chances of launching its Neutron rocket for the first time before the end of the year are “narrowing” despite progress on the vehicle’s development.
Window for 2026 launch debut of Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket ‘is narrowing’ as development continues
The announcement came in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of a quarterly investor earnings call on Aug. 10.
Making Progress: Relativity’s Terran R, Rocket Lab’s Neutron, and PLD Space’s Miura 5
While the focus of late has been on Starship’s test program, three companies developing new…
Rocket Lab sees Electron gains, Neutron delays in first half of 2026
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket has had a record stretch through the first half of 2026,…
