Rocket Labs' Electron starts high frequency operations

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I thought this was interesting from the other land down under. Rocket Labs is setting up to be able to launch small satellites (150-225 kg) weekly by 2020. They've apparently got clean rooms and launch/test facilities set up so they can run concurrent operations.

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/rocket-lab-enters-high-frequency-launch-operations/

The next launch mission is named "It's Business Time". Either they are fans of Flight of the Conchords and have a somewhat twisted sense of humor or there's a massive coincidence here.



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I have been following Rocket Lab for years. Doing great stuff. They do things like electric driven (~80hp) turbo pumps, so mixture control is purely a software problem. Very clever .