Rocket Lab plans to send small satellites to the Moon with Photon
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/21/rocket_lab_aims_photons_at_the_moon/
With launchpads in New Zealand and (soon) the US, small-sat flinger Rocket Lab toasted a ninth successful launch of its Electron rocket by taking aim at destinations beyond Low Earth Orbit.
Having successfully sent the payload of its most recent mission, "As The Crow Flies", to an altitude of more than 1,000km, CEO Peter Beck is now eyeing Geostationary or Lunar orbits for the small satellites flung into space by its Electron launcher.
Rocket Lab plans to send small satellites to the Moon with Photon
Oct 21, 2019, 3:24pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/21/rocket_lab_aims_photons_at_the_moon/
> With launchpads in New Zealand and (soon) the US, small-sat flinger Rocket Lab toasted a ninth successful launch of its Electron rocket by taking aim at destinations beyond Low Earth Orbit.
> Having successfully sent the payload of its most recent mission, "As The Crow Flies", to an altitude of more than 1,000km, CEO Peter Beck is now eyeing Geostationary or Lunar orbits for the small satellites flung into space by its Electron launcher.