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Rocket Lab Ltd. is an American aerospace company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It has a subsidiary office headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rocket Lab USA poised to change the space industry )〕 It is developing the Electron rocket to provide high-frequency rocket launches to Earth orbit. == History == Former Crown Research scientist Peter Beck is its founder, CEO and Technical Director. Internet entrepreneur Mark Rocket was the seed investor and co-Director from 2007 to 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.markrocket.com )〕 In December 2010 Rocket Lab was awarded a US contract from the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) to study a low cost space launcher to place nanosatellites into orbit.〔(Rocket Lab News, Webarchive ): "December 2010 - Rocket Lab was awarded a US contract from the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) to study low cost international alternatives. Included in this study is a 640,000Ns booster, a miniature avionics system and a launch vehicle to place small mass satellites into polar and low Earth orbits."〕 Funding has been obtained from Bessemer Venture Partners, Callaghan Innovation, in 2014, and from Khosla Ventures in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rocket Lab )〕〔 〕 In February 2015, Rocket Lab USA was evaluating Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as a possible launch site. Rocket Lab announced it selected the Kaitorete Spit, at the southern end of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, to be the site of its commercial space center in July 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rocket Lab」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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