{pop-layout} !rocket_lab_logo.gif! || Website | [www.rocketlab.co.nz|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz] || || Email | [Enquiry Form|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/enquiries.html] || || Address | 24 Balfour Road \\ Parnell \\ Auckland || || Phone | \+64 9 373 2721 || || Fax | \+64 9 373 2721 || {pop-layout} h2. Organisation Summary {excerpt} This crew blasted onto the front page in November 2009, with the launch of Atea-1, a rocket designed to reach the sub-orbital regions of space. {excerpt} h2. Products & Services * [Atea-1 Suborbital rocket|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/atea-1.html]: 2kg payloads up to 150km altitude. ** The first launch took place 30 November 2009, and was a partial success. The booster section was recovered a few days after launch, but the payload and avionics section was never recovered. * [Atea-2 Suborbital rocket|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/atea-2.html]: 25kg payloads up to 250km altitude. * [Hi-Tac|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/high-temperature-ablative-coating.html] High Temperature Ablative Coating * [Composite Ablative Nose Cones|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/composite-ablative-nose-cones.html] * [HI-NOZ|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/high-temperature-rocket-nozzle-bulk-moulding-compound.html] High Temperature Rocket Nozzle Bulk Moulding Compound * [Liner Bond|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/liner-bond.html] EPMD Insulation Bonding Resin * [Hybrid 90A|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/hybrid-90a.html] Hybrid Rocket Propellant\] * [Solid Fuel Binder|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/solid-fuel-binder.html] * [SRA|http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/sounding-rocket-avionics-flight-computer.html] Sounding Rocket Avionics Flight Computer h2. Key Staff or Stakeholders * Peter Beck, CEO & Technical Director * Mark Rocket, Company Director * Nikhill Raghu, Senior Engineer h2. Press & Articles * [*Space company sells its rocket technology to US*|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10691125] (2010-12-01, NZ Herald) {quote} {color:#333333}{_}Rocket Lab said it had signed a deal with L2 Aerospace, a company focused on developing innovative flight systems, technologies and solutions for the commercial, civilian and military markets._{color} {quote} * *[Local rocket buffs catch Nasa's eye|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10672754]* (2010-09-12, NZ Herald) {quote} Beck told the Herald on Sunday that Rocket Lab had received a research grant from the US Office of Naval Research to study new rocket propulsion methods and fuels. {quote} * *[NZ rocket launches into space|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10612583]* (2009-11-30, NZ Herald) {quote} New Zealand's first space rocket has launched this afternoon. The Atea-1 took off from its launch site at Great Mercury Island just before 3pm, after technical problems delayed this morning's planned launch. {quote} |