Dick French
@DFRocketScience
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VP, Space Systems BD & Strategy, Rocket Lab. Former NASA/JPL. Wolverine. History.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2011
A new frontier in space communications is here. We’ve expanded our suite of in-house radio products to deliver a wider range of high-performance, secure, and reliable command and control across LEO, deep space, and beyond. Flight-proven. Mission-ready. Learn more:
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Very fun conversation - next time I’m bringing adult beverage
had a great time hanging with @DFRocketScience of @RocketLab today on the show to talk about mars sample return, selling satellites, and the sun never setting on their empire watch it back: https://t.co/7LVv6yrM01 or get it on your podcast feed:
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Great time spent with @offnom today, thanks for having us! You're right, the sun never sets on our {space} empire 😎🚀🛰️
had a great time hanging with @DFRocketScience of @RocketLab today on the show to talk about mars sample return, selling satellites, and the sun never setting on their empire watch it back: https://t.co/7LVv6yrM01 or get it on your podcast feed:
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Incredible mission!
First pics of @VardaSpace's landed capsule are in! Congratulations on capsule recovery, and thanks for flying Rocket Lab 🛰️🌎
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Coming in 🔥HOT🔥 after separation from our spacecraft
Here's a video of our capsule ripping through the atmosphere at mach 25, no renders, raw footage:
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Our very first spacecraft, Photon, was evolved from Electron's Kick Stage. Four years after Photon's introduction, the Rocket Lab spacecraft family has grown considerably. Our spacecraft have enabled lunar missions, in-space manufacturing, and soon they're headed to Mars.
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Amazing to see this one live
Relive @RocketLab's "Live and Let Fly" mission for the @NatReconOfc though my @RokinonLenses fisheye lens mounted to the lightning arrestor. Only 35 feet away, this camera was in the perfect spot to capture Electron's first steps toward orbit. Can't wait to do this again!
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As development progresses on the 18 spacecraft we’re building for @SemperCitiusSDA, we were delighted to host SDA Director Derek Tournear at our Long Beach HQ and spacecraft production complex this week. We’re proud to support SDA’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta and deliver
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How do Rutherford engines cope with a dip in the ocean? Remarkably well. This engine was plucked from the water in one of our marine recovery missions and it performed flawlessly in a full duration hot fire. https://t.co/OdSB4xREGv
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It's official: CAPSTONE is SmallSat Mission of the Year! Congrats to our mission partners @NASAAmes, @AdvancedSpace, @TerranOrbital and thank you to the AIAA small satellite technical committee. CAPSTONE will always be a special mission to our team & this is the cherry on top 🎉
The AIAA small satellite technical committee announces the smallsat mission of the year at #smallsat: CAPSTONE.
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MISSION SUCCESS! Our first of two back-to-back national security launches for the @NatReconOfc lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at 06:30 UTC, July 13. Congratulations to the NRO and @DefenceAust on a successful deployment. Welcome to orbit!
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We’re proud to have supported on-orbit optical inter-satellite links between the Mandrake 2 satellites under @DARPA’s Blackjack project. Our Colorado team played a leading mission role through our MAX Flight Software, GNC design & analysis, MAX Ground Data System, & mission ops.
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Read more about our support for the mission:
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First paragraph of release dated July 13, 2022, should read: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space ...
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#CAPSTONE is on its way to the Moon! A flawless launch by Electron and great first burns by Photon's HyperCurie engine. Stay tuned for mission milestones and updates on the way to lunar orbit in the coming days and weeks. 🚀🌑🛰️
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Our 27th Electron rocket takes flight, successfully delivering Photon and CAPSTONE to low Earth orbit. CAPSTONE's lunar journey has begun! Thank you to our mission partners @NASA, @AdvancedSpace and @TerranOrbital
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SEE is working with the @RocketLab Operations team to support mission planning, trajectory analysis, and orbit determination of the Photon spacecraft as it delivers #CAPSTONE to its ballistic lunar transfer.
LAUNCH UPDATE: To allow more time for rocket preparations, we are now targeting no earlier than June 27, 2022, for the launch of the #CAPSTONE spacecraft. Find the latest updates on the #Artemis blog: https://t.co/ohydlEIlDD
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Today we signed a $143 million contract with @MDA_Space to lead the design and manufacture of 17 spacecraft buses for @Globalstar’s new Low Earth Orbit satellites. Read more: https://t.co/JRGUqdaiSR 🛰️ #MoreThanJustRocketsInThisLab
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