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Rocket Lab company history timeline

2006

The aerospace company Rocket Lab was founded in 2006 by New Zealand engineer Peter Beck, who to this day is its permanent CEO and technical director.

2013

In 2013, Peter Beck re-registers the company in the US and opens headquarters in Huntington Beach, California.

2018

The 11 November 2018 launch was successful; all cubesats planned to be deployed were deployed in orbit.

2019

So, in December 2019, the second Rocket Lab launch pad LC-2 in Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, MARS, Wallops, USA was officially opened.

2020

On 20th October 2020, the rocket made a soft landing by parachute on a platform in the ocean.

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Peter Beck,Shane Fleming,Adam C. Spice,Matthew Ocko,Lars Hoffman,Amish Patel,Lachlan Matchett,Shaun O'Donnell,Shaun D’Mello
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