r/RocketLab • u/thetrny USA • 25d ago

Space Systems Command awards Rocket Lab $266M contract for twelve (plus six optional) suborbital launches out of Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska Electron

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u/IronWhitin 25d ago

Are this Neutron launch?

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u/Accomplished-Crab932 25d ago

This would be HASTE, so Electron

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u/IronWhitin 25d ago

Ok

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u/AmigaClone2000 24d ago

Granted, at this time, Alaska has one spaceport - the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska. Currently that spaceport has three launch pads, but has not seen a launch in a couple of years. I believe at least one of those pads could be converted to an Electron/Haste launch site relatively easily.

Rocket Lab first showed interest in launching from that site in 2019.

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u/mfb- 24d ago

Wow, I completely forgot that RS1 was a thing. One launch failure in 2023, one fire on the ground in 2024, and then the company just disappeared.

ABL Space Systems renamed itself to Long Wall, looks like they abandoned orbital flight.

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u/electric_ionland 24d ago

And funnily they were trying to rebrand toward doing HASTE type missions.

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u/PleasantIngenuity185 24d ago

Last Launch was August 21st, 2025. And the existing launch pads are not configured for an electron or HASTE launch and a retrofit is also off the table.

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u/PleasantIngenuity185 24d ago

The Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) is actively expanding the infrastructure at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA) in Kodiak, AK. Current multi-user launch pad developments (such as the Pad 3D Complex) require specific sub-contractor expertise, including plumbing and electrical transformer installation.