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Topic: Rocket Lab Electron rocket flight patches
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denali414 Member Posts: 871 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 01-17-2018 06:04 PM
Granted it is only for Rocket Lab's Electron rocket test flight — but a new company to watch for mission patches. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-17-2018 06:54 PM
Though not yet available for sale, here is the patch for Rocket Lab's second Electron test flight, "Still Testing." |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-21-2018 03:04 AM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: Still Testing mission patches now available! |
Jacques van Oene Member Posts: 896 From: Houten, The Netherlands Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 01-21-2018 06:45 AM
Would be nice if they would ship worldwide and not only to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-13-2018 07:43 PM
Rocket Lab today (March 13) revealed the patch for its first commercial flight, "It's Business Time." |
spacemaese New Member Posts: 2 From: Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 04-29-2018 03:59 PM
Patches for the the launch of "Electron-1 "It's A Test" are available again. Guess they "brush up" for the full set of three patches and Launch 3. GO Black NZL-Feather!!Many will be thankful, so please spread the word around... |
mode1charlie Member Posts: 1483 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 04-29-2018 06:11 PM
quote: Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: Rocket Lab today (March 13) revealed the patch for its first commercial flight, "It's Business Time."
That's a very interesting texture for a patch — one I haven't seen before. It doesn't look embroidered, so what is it? |
Skyforce1 Member Posts: 223 From: Port Richey, Florida Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 04-30-2018 06:33 AM
I ordered these patches for a fellow patch collector and they are a plastic type of patch. Not sewn. |
skyguard23 Member Posts: 79 From: Central Switzerland Registered: Dec 2016
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posted 05-05-2018 04:49 PM
Interesting, the patches I received today (Flights 1 and 2) are of the partially embroidered variety: |
bthumble Member Posts: 302 From: Houston, Texas Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 11-11-2018 10:11 AM
Mission patch "It's Business Time" is now available for purchase. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-04-2018 04:07 PM
Rocket Lab has revealed the patch for its second commercial flight (fourth flight overall), "This One's for Pickering" (named in honor of New Zealand-born scientist and former director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, William Pickering). |
Liembo Member Posts: 869 From: Bothell, WA Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-17-2018 12:13 PM
Fourth flight patches are now available for purchase at the Rocket Lab online store. |
denali414 Member Posts: 871 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 12-25-2018 10:39 AM
Both the Elena 19 patch and "Business Time" patch say "Embroidered onto a heat pressed application backing" from their website. |
skyguard23 Member Posts: 79 From: Central Switzerland Registered: Dec 2016
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posted 12-25-2018 06:22 PM
And this is how it looks like: |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-29-2019 02:21 AM
Mission insignia for Rocket Lab's fifth Electron launch with DARPA's R3D2 payload: |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-04-2019 09:06 PM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: We've made a tradition of giving every Electron rocket its own unique name. Our next mission is for the Space Test Program, which is based in New Mexico. That location might just have been the inspiration for this vehicle name and mission patch... |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-10-2019 05:22 PM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: Rainy Seattle days at Spaceflight Inc. HQ might have been behind the name of the upcoming mission on Electron. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-24-2019 12:27 PM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: Electron has arrived at Launch Complex 1 and final preparations are underway for our next mission - "Look Ma, No Hands!" |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-03-2019 11:45 AM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: "As The Crow Flies" - a dedicated commercial mission for Astro Digital. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-05-2019 01:30 PM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: It's the mission you've all been waiting for - Electron's 10th flight! The launch window opens for 'Running Out Of Fingers' on 25 November NZDT, with payloads on board from Alba Orbital and Spaceflight Inc. Learn more about the mission. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-30-2020 01:44 PM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: Join us for 'Birds Of A Feather,' our first launch of 2020 and the NRO's first launch under the Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket contract. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-09-2020 08:43 AM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: The countdown to our next launch is on! We're excited to confirm that our next mission will launch satellites for NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office and the University of New South Wales Canberra Space. |
denali414 Member Posts: 871 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 06-15-2020 02:13 PM
From Rocket Lab on Twitter: Our 13th mission will launch satellites for Spaceflight, Inc., Planet and In-Space Missions. With most of the payloads conducting Earth-observation, we've named this one "Pics Or It Didn’t Happen." |
denali414 Member Posts: 871 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 06-18-2020 07:47 AM
Cool explanation of the significance of the patch for launch #13. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-29-2020 11:16 AM
Flight 14:
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denali414 Member Posts: 871 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 09-07-2020 10:26 AM
And yes, you can get your hands on a Photon 'First Light' patch now: Special edition mission patch for Photon pathfinder mission - First Light. Embroidered onto a heat pressed application backing. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-21-2020 09:20 AM
Flight 15: |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-05-2020 02:00 PM
Flight 16: |
usafspace Member Posts: 181 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: May 2006
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posted 11-06-2020 08:38 AM
EXCELLENT design! |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-30-2020 09:34 AM
Flight 17: The mission is named "The Owl's Night Begins" in a nod to Synspective's StriX family of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft developed to be able to image millimeter-level changes to the Earth's surface from space. Strix is also the genus of owls. |
MajTom7 Member Posts: 164 From: Cocoa, FL USA Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 12-25-2020 08:03 PM
The Return To Sender patch is now available for sale. |
SXPatches Member Posts: 171 From: Port Orchard, WA USA Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 12-27-2020 02:30 PM
Nice montage of Rocket Lab patches that correspond to their 2020 launches. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-05-2021 02:48 PM
Flight 18: We're kicking 2021 off with a dedicated mission for OHB Group. |
denali414 Member Posts: 871 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 02-09-2021 06:03 PM
Flight 19: Introducing our next mission, featuring: commercial satellites across four constellations, government R&D satellites and a Photon risk reduction demo to prepare for our upcoming moon mission. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-03-2021 05:16 PM
Flight 20: Launching from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula, "Running Out Of Toes" will be Rocket Lab's 20th Electron launch and the second of three planned ocean splashdown recovery missions. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-27-2021 07:38 PM
Flight 21: This mission will deploy an Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored R&D satellite, called Monolith, designed to explore the use of large deployable sensors on small spacecraft. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-11-2021 10:48 AM
Flight 22 and 23: Each mission will deploy two Gen-2 satellites for BlackSky in a rapid expansion of the geospatial and global monitoring company's low Earth orbit constellation.
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denali414 Member Posts: 871 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 10-12-2021 08:01 AM
Interesting they didn't include the flight numbers in the patch designs for first time. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 53481 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-18-2022 03:06 PM
Flight 24: "Without Mission A Beat," we're heading back to the pad for our first launch of 2022 — a dedicated mission for BlackSky and Spaceflight Inc. from LC-1. |
SXPatches Member Posts: 171 From: Port Orchard, WA USA Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 01-24-2022 10:13 PM
The design of the skyline references Washington D.C. (proximity to Herndon, VA) and Seattle, Washington, locations of BlackSky and Spaceflight, Inc., respectively. |