Rocket Lab cuts the ribbon on its US launch facility, with the Air Force as its first customer

Rocket Lab cuts the ribbon on its US launch facility, with the Air Force as its first customer

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/12/rocket-lab-cuts-the-ribbon-on-its-us-launch-facility-with-the-air-force-as-its-first-customer/

Launch provider Rocket Lab has opened the doors on LC-2, its first launch facility in the U.S., adding capacity and versatility for providing trips to orbit. And LC-2 already has its first customer: the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program.

The company had a little shindig today at the facility, located on Wallops Island in Virginia — home to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility as well. There they took the wrapper off LC-2, which has been under construction since it was announced last October.