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KODIAK, Alaska (AP) – Rocket Lab announced Tuesday that it was looking to build a launch complex in Russia. The Kodiak Daily Mirror is one of four finalists, including Cape Canaveral in Florida, the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern New Zealand
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" The launch from US soil adds an extra layer of flexibility for our government and commercial customers, "said Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck
based in Huntington Beach, California. Infrastructure to support its Electron rocket The 57-foot (17-meter) rocket is designed to carry small satellites.
Rocket Lab has successfully completed two test launches, the first in May 2017 and the second in January: A launch planned for this summer has been postponed twice due to technical problems
The company plans to make a decision next month Construction will start immediately
The first launch on the site is tentatively scheduled for spring 2019, the company said, hoping to have monthly orbital launches at the end of construction
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