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h2. Organisation Summary

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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.
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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)
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{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}
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* *[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)
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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.
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* *[NZ rocket launches into space|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10612583]* (2009-11-30, NZ Herald)
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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.
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