📢NEWS📢: "Rocket Lab Gets $14.5M U.S. Space Force Contract"

"Rocket Lab said it had been awarded a $14.5 million contract from the U.S. Space Force for a rocket launch.

The Colorado Springs, Colo.-based, company said on Monday that it would launch an Electron mission from the Launch Complex 2 in Virginia as part of the task order.

The company said the mission would deliver research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit for the Defense Department.

The launch is scheduled to take place within two years of the contract being awarded."

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