Think Rocket Lab only operates in low Earth orbit? Think again.
When a spacecraft orbits the Moon, touches down on the lunar surface, or charts a course across deep space to Mars, there's a strong chance Rocket Lab technology helped it get there and deliver mission success.
Through our launch, spacecraft, solar power, separation systems, software, operations, and robotics solutions, we’re proud to support historic planetary exploration missions across the solar system. 🧵👇
ESCAPADE (Mars)
Rocket Lab designed and built twin interplanetary spacecraft - "Blue" and "Gold" - for @NASA and @UCBerkeley's @escapade_mars mission.
Built on our Explorer spacecraft platform, these probes carry Rocket Lab flight computers, star trackers, reaction wheels, and solar arrays to travel millions of miles to Mars orbit to investigate how the solar wind strips away the Martian atmosphere.
$RKLB IS BUILDING THE FULL SPACE STACK
• Power through SolAero solar cells, arrays and batteries
• Pointing & Navigation through Sinclair reaction wheels & star trackers
• Communications through Rocket Lab radios & Mynaric laser links
• Deployment Hardware through Planetary Systems separation systems & dispensers
• Software & GNC through Advanced Solutions flight software and guidance
• Optical Payloads through GEOST & Optical Support sensors and precision optics
• Propulsion through Gauss electric satellite thrusters
• Robotics & Mechanisms through Motiv robotic arms, actuators & motion systems
Rocket Lab can monetize same mission whether it wins full program or supplies components to whoever does.
I see GPT6 Astra is now available on $pltr’s AI FDE (maybe it had been for some time), what is the cycle time for new models to appear on AI FDE and is there direct testing and assurance prior to it being allowed use on AIFDE.
Like Fable and Opus 5.5?
.@chadwahl
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says the neurodivergent will outperform in the AI era:
“We’re in a non-playbook world, and the playbook’s not that valuable.”
“But if you’re a dyslexic, you can’t follow the playbook—so you invent new and generative things.”