{"id":636398,"date":"2026-08-14T07:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/636398\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:29:14","slug":"debrief-rocket-labs-proliferating-global-and-orbital-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/636398\/","title":{"rendered":"Debrief: Rocket Lab\u2019s Proliferating Global\u2014And Orbital\u2014Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vivienne Machi<\/a>
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Rocket Lab is extending its reach around the world with a new pad and subsidiary, and a foray into deployable launch systems.<\/p>\n

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In a recent interview on \u201cThe Downlink\u201d podcast, Lou Whiteman, a stock analyst at The Motley Fool, described SpaceX\u2019s post-IPO iteration as \u201ca neo-cloud with a telecom business and a side hustle as a defense contractor.\u201d For Rocket Lab, by contrast, defense is now most definitely not a side quest…<\/p>\n

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Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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