Rocket Lab has recently shared a tweet with a short video, which can be seen below, which shows the robot it uses to turn off a new rocket every 20 days. The robot is called Rosie, and he still works on the construction of rockets. In a separate tweet, Peter Beck shared rocket component images indicating that a rocket rolled on the mounting chain every 20 days and the next rocket would soon be on the dashboard.
For those who are unknown with Rocket Lab, it is a company similar to Spacex and blue blue that uses reusable rockets to make orbit less expensive. However, the rocket laboratory rocket, called Electron, is smaller than the Falcon 9 rocket used by SpaceX. The electron is not large enough to push capsules or large cargo loads into orbit.
Instead, electronics focuses on the orbit of small satellites. The electron is 59 feet high, 3.9 feet in diameter and has two steps plus a kick step. The rocket has a wet mass of 28,660 pounds and can push a payload in a low ground orbit weighing 661 pounds. The structure of the rocket is carbon composite, and it works on a propellant composed of liquid oxygen and kerosene.
How do we churn out a new Electron every 20 days? Rosie the rocket building robot is always on the job. pic.twitter.com/jOK8niI0mi
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) July 6, 2021
The Kick phase is one of the most unique aspects of the electron rocket. This step is designed to deliver small satellites to precise and unique orbits. Rocket Lab can deploy several useful loads of a single rocket, even in different planes and inclinations. The rocket supports upper altitude deployments and useful loads. Electron is capable of multiple trajectory changes and bass orbits supported.
The Kick scene can also be used to disorbit useful loads to prevent the accumulation of spatial debris. The first step of the rocket is fed by nine sea level Rutherford engines producing a 43,000 pound surge and a maximum thrust of 56,000 pounds. The second step has a single vacuum Rutherford engine producing 5800 pounds of thrust.
