Rocket Lab has purchased Virgin Orbit's rocket factory and headquarters in Long Beach California.
They say they will be using the factory for their planned Neutron rocket.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2...nia-Assets
https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/166...7667283968
https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/...1793579009
Peter Beck says
"Virgin Orbit built a fantastic production facility with the very best equipment. We're fortunate to have nearly completed the acquisition of this facility and equipment to help advance Neutron's future production and reduce the overall cost of the program significantly."
Neutron is Rocketlab's future reusable Soyuz-class mid-size rocket, smaller than Falcon 9 but much bigger than Rocketlab's current Electron.
https://www.scivillage.com/thread-7284-p...n#pid42323
They say they will be using the factory for their planned Neutron rocket.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2...nia-Assets
https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/166...7667283968
https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/...1793579009
Peter Beck says
"Virgin Orbit built a fantastic production facility with the very best equipment. We're fortunate to have nearly completed the acquisition of this facility and equipment to help advance Neutron's future production and reduce the overall cost of the program significantly."
Neutron is Rocketlab's future reusable Soyuz-class mid-size rocket, smaller than Falcon 9 but much bigger than Rocketlab's current Electron.
https://www.scivillage.com/thread-7284-p...n#pid42323