Rendering of Rocket Lab's Neutron medium-lift launch vehicle.
Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab has formally acknowledged its Neutron medium-lift rocket will not fly until next year, with CEO Peter Beck citing manufacturing problems related to the first-stage propellant tank in an Oct. 14 update. As the company develops Neutron as a carbon composite launch vehicle, it recently...
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