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RNZ News
18-05-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
US plans to expand rocket launch options, 'nothing to do with' NZ Defence Force
The Defence Force says it "is not a provider of orbital launch services". Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Defence Force (NZDF) says it is aware the United States wants to expand options for rocket launches, but that it has nothing to do with it. The Pentagon's Space Force says it has begun talks with several countries that already launch rockets, including New Zealand, and several others that want to, about doing launches for the US. The NZDF said it did not do launches. "While the New Zealand Defence Force is aware of the desire of the US military to expand options for launches, including New Zealand, the NZDF is not a provider of orbital launch services. "Your questions are best directed to the US military and Rocket Lab. This is because contracting such launch services are matters between the US armed forces and the company and have nothing to do with the New Zealand Defence Force." The US Embassy declined to comment. Rocket Lab, founded in New Zealand and listed in New York, has previously launched from Mahia for America's spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office. It has many contracts in the US for launches for the Pentagon. The company earlier in the week referred RNZ's questions about more US launches to the New Zealand Space Agency, which is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE). MBIE referred RNZ's questions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which said the space minister would comment. Judith Collins said: "I have not engaged directly with the Space Force on launching from New Zealand." Collins has the authority to turn down launches, after a check on payloads that involves consulting with the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) and Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) spy agencies. No launch has been turned down. Activist group Peace Action said this amounted to "very little oversight". "Without the actual access to classified information from the US we have incomplete information about what these satellites do," it said in a statement this week. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Associated Press
17-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Third Mission for iQPS in Multi-Launch Contract, Sets Schedule For the Next iQPS Mission
MAHIA, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2025-- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) ('Rocket Lab' or 'the Company'), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its third mission for Japanese customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). 'The Sea God Sees' mission successfully launched on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 8:17 p.m. NZT on May 17th, 2025. The mission carried iQPS' QPS-SAR-10, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellite, to a 575km low Earth orbit, where it was deployed as part of iQPS' growing constellation. The mission was launched just weeks' after Rocket Lab's previous launch for iQPS was deployed on March 15, 2025 – demonstrating frequent, reliable, and dedicated small orbital launch for satellite operators with 100% mission success in 2025. Today's mission was the third overall launch for iQPS and the second in a multi-launch contract to launch eight missions for the company in 2025 and 2026. Four more launches are scheduled for launch this year, with the remaining two scheduled for 2026. Rocket Lab's next mission for iQPS is scheduled to launch in less than a month's time, from no earlier than June 2025. Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, says: 'Another fantastic launch by the Electron team to flawlessly deliver another iQPS mission to orbit. Constellation deployment requires a reliable rocket with pinpoint orbital deployment accuracy that allows for the seamless integration of the latest spacecraft to the constellation – and that's exactly the service Electron continues to provide as the global leading launcher for small satellite missions. With another mission lined up with iQPS in just a few short weeks, we're looking forward to supporting their constellation with multiple missions this year and next.' iQPS CEO, Dr. Shunsuke Onishi, says: 'We are truly delighted to have successfully launched our 10th satellite, 'WADATSUMI-I,' into orbit just two months after the launch of our QPS-SAR-9 'SUSANOO-I.' This achievement is a remarkable milestone to the outstanding technical capabilities of our development team, and we are deeply grateful to Rocket Lab team for enabling such a precise and agile launch. With more Electron launches ahead, we're more committed than ever to accelerating the buildout of our satellite constellation, and we look forward to continuing this powerful partnership.' Launch images: Launch webcast: About Rocket Lab Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with an established track record of mission success. We deliver reliable launch services, satellite manufacture, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier, and more affordable to access space. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle, a family of flight-proven spacecraft, and the Company is developing the large Neutron launch vehicle for constellation deployment. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered more than 200 satellites to orbit for private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab's Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia. To learn more, visit Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 'Exchange Act'). All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding our launch and space systems operations, launch schedule and window, safe and repeatable access to space, Neutron development, operational expansion and business strategy are forward-looking statements. The words 'believe,' 'may,' 'will,' 'estimate,' 'potential,' 'continue,' 'anticipate,' 'intend,' 'expect,' 'strategy,' 'future,' 'could,' 'would,' 'project,' 'plan,' 'target,' and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, though not all forward-looking statements use these words or expressions. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the factors, risks and uncertainties included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'), accessible on the SEC's website at and the Investor Relations section of our website at which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. View source version on CONTACT: Rocket Lab Media Contact Murielle Baker [email protected] KEYWORD: AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA UNITED STATES JAPAN NEW ZEALAND NORTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING SATELLITE SOURCE: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 05/17/2025 05:43 AM/DISC: 05/17/2025 05:42 AM
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Third Mission for iQPS in Multi-Launch Contract, Sets Schedule For the Next iQPS Mission
MAHIA, New Zealand, May 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its third mission for Japanese customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). 'The Sea God Sees' mission successfully launched on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 8:17 p.m. NZT on May 17th, 2025. The mission carried iQPS' QPS-SAR-10, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellite, to a 575km low Earth orbit, where it was deployed as part of iQPS' growing constellation. The mission was launched just weeks' after Rocket Lab's previous launch for iQPS was deployed on March 15, 2025 – demonstrating frequent, reliable, and dedicated small orbital launch for satellite operators with 100% mission success in 2025. Today's mission was the third overall launch for iQPS and the second in a multi-launch contract to launch eight missions for the company in 2025 and 2026. Four more launches are scheduled for launch this year, with the remaining two scheduled for 2026. Rocket Lab's next mission for iQPS is scheduled to launch in less than a month's time, from no earlier than June 2025. Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, says: "Another fantastic launch by the Electron team to flawlessly deliver another iQPS mission to orbit. Constellation deployment requires a reliable rocket with pinpoint orbital deployment accuracy that allows for the seamless integration of the latest spacecraft to the constellation – and that's exactly the service Electron continues to provide as the global leading launcher for small satellite missions. With another mission lined up with iQPS in just a few short weeks, we're looking forward to supporting their constellation with multiple missions this year and next." iQPS CEO, Dr. Shunsuke Onishi, says: "We are truly delighted to have successfully launched our 10th satellite, "WADATSUMI-I," into orbit just two months after the launch of our QPS-SAR-9 "SUSANOO-I." This achievement is a remarkable milestone to the outstanding technical capabilities of our development team, and we are deeply grateful to Rocket Lab team for enabling such a precise and agile launch. With more Electron launches ahead, we're more committed than ever to accelerating the buildout of our satellite constellation, and we look forward to continuing this powerful partnership." Launch images: Launch webcast: About Rocket Lab Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with an established track record of mission success. We deliver reliable launch services, satellite manufacture, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier, and more affordable to access space. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle, a family of flight-proven spacecraft, and the Company is developing the large Neutron launch vehicle for constellation deployment. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered more than 200 satellites to orbit for private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab's Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia. To learn more, visit Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding our launch and space systems operations, launch schedule and window, safe and repeatable access to space, Neutron development, operational expansion and business strategy are forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "potential," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "strategy," "future," "could," "would," "project," "plan," "target," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, though not all forward-looking statements use these words or expressions. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the factors, risks and uncertainties included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), accessible on the SEC's website at and the Investor Relations section of our website at which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. View source version on Contacts Rocket Lab Media ContactMurielle Bakermedia@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
RNZ News
15-05-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Firefighters extinguish scrub fire at Wairoa landfill
File photo. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Firefighters have extinguished a scrub fire that had been burning near Wairoa's landfill since Thursday afternoon. Crews from Wairoa, Gisborne and Mahia were called to the blaze around 4.30pm. Fire and Emergency said the fire was contained on Thursday night, but crews returned on Friday morning to dampen hotspots with the help of a helicopter. It said there was no risk to nearby buildings. A fire investigator is at the scene to determine the cause of the fire. On Friday morning, Wairoa District Council asked people to avoid the area. "Please keep away from the area around the Wairoa Landfill, including the Wairoa Mountain Bike Park on Fraser St and the Clyde Road area near Hillcrest." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
NZ Herald
12-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Poverty Bay senior club rugby scoreboard
SENIOR 1 Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 7 (Puhi Tau try; Cory Reihana con) Charteris Choppers Wairoa-Athletic 53 (Will Taylor 2, Alex Johnson 2, George Twigley 2, James Steele, Peni Tupou, Kalaney Ruwhiu tries; Twigley 3 con, Peni Tupou con). HT: HSOB 7 Wairoa-Athletic 24. Harvest Transport Matawhero Ngatapa 12 (Mike Livingston, Charlie Newman tries; Livingston con) Mahia RFC 28 (Paura Erkell, TJ Tupai, Stephen Blake tries; Wiremu Erkell 3 pen, 2 con). HT: Ngatapa 0 Mahia 18. Kevin Hollis Glass Tūranga Pirates 5 (Avia Ropati try) Nuhaka V8s 29 (Braxton Bell 2, Nikora Smith, Matrix Paul, Waka Edwards tries; Smith 2 con). HT Pirates 0 Nūhaka 17. Player of the Day awards: Emmanuel Waenga (HSOB); Fergus Casey (Wairoa Athletic); Lachie Nelson (Ngatapa); Lennox Shanks (Mahia); Jackson Gray (Pirates); Hickson Raroa (Nūhaka). YMP Bumbles had the bye.
