#neutron — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #neutron, aggregated by home.social.
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"Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - #SpaceX has been making noises of phasing out #Falcon9 rockets when #Starship is ready. Concern is growing in the #space industry that it would pull the rug out from under many smaller satellite customers where competing launchers (#RocketLab #Neutron, #ULA #Vulcan, #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn, etc) aren't yet ready to fill the gap. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/theres-a-huge-launch-crunch-right-now-and-it-will-probably-get-worse/ #NewSpace #business #economy
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#RocketLab delivered its best financial quarter on record, reporting Q2 2026 revenue of $234 million — beating analyst estimates of roughly $231 million and up 62% 📈 from the same period a year earlier.
Rocket Lab is front-loading qualification work to ensure #Neutron can sustain rapid, high-cadence reuse ♻️ after its maiden flight. "It's not just to get to the pad quickly for flight one, It's really about how do we get to flight ten 🔟 in the shortest time possible" https://www.techtimes.com/articles/324010/20260811/rocket-labs-neutron-window-narrows-beck-reveals-reuse-first-strategy.htm
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NASASpaceflight.com
@nasaspaceflight.comRounding up a salvo of announcements as Rocket Lab continues its upward trajectory.
written by Martin Smith and Chris Berginhttps://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/08/rocket-lab-advances-announcements/
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🇪🇺 #Europe faces glaring gaps across both launch and spacecraft manufacturing.
Development of #Neutron 🚀 advanced notably this past week. The #Archimedes engines that will power the vehicle have now accumulated more than 400 hot-fire tests at #NASA’s Stennis Space Center https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/08/rocket-lab-advances-announcements/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117081251496318708
🇪🇺 The most recent flight of the upgraded four-booster #Ariane6 launched 36 #Amazon Leo satellites, carrying more than 20 tonnes to orbit on a single mission.
#ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher warned that #Europe was heading towards a shortage of launch capacity around 2030
While #Neutron will be significantly more capable, with a planned payload capacity of up to 15,000 kilograms to #LEO, its availability will initially be limited.
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First Neutron launch may slip to 2027
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/first-neutron-launch-may-slip-to-2027/
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Kepler books Neutron for 2028 optical relay launch
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/kepler-books-neutron-for-2028-optical-relay-launch/
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦴🐟 A #fossil from #Australia’s #Cretaceous #Eromanga Sea captured a rare three-tier predator interaction: a #pterosaur eaten by an #ichthyosaur, then both consumed by a giant #pliosaur called '#Kronosaurus queenslandicus.'
Researchers used #neutron #tomography to identify pterosaur jawbones in the ichthyosaur’s fossilized stomach alongside crushing bite marks from the larger #predator.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/epic-turducken-fossil-reveals-ancient-sea-monsters-devouring-each-other
#paleontology #australia #prey #science #nature #history #gondwana #marine #reptile
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Move over NASA SLS, SpaceX StarShip, and EU's Ariane 6 - where come the underdogs in mid-heavy lift space launch vehicles!
>> Relativity Space’s Terran R - heavy-lift, two-stage vehicle engineered to serve deep-space cargo and large constellation deployments.
>> Rocket Lab’s Neutron - medium-lift vehicle utilizing a proprietary lightweight carbon composite structure, powered by seven in-house liquid oxygen and methane engines
>> PLD Space’s Miura 5 - two-stage small-to-medium vehicle engineered to deliver ~ 1,000 kgs payload capacity direct to low-Earth orbit (LEO).
All three systems are expected to conduct integrated system test flights, full-scale hotfire verifications, and launch pad activations in 2H 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/20/commercial-launch-providers-advance-next-generation-heavy-and-medium-lift-vehicle-milestones-ahead-of-2026-debuts/ #Space #SpaceLaunch #CommercialLaunch #SpaceLaunchVehicle #Satellites #RelativitySpace #TerranR #RocketLab #Neutron #PLD #Miura5
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#Neutron was designed to lift 13,000 kilograms to orbit . That puts it in the medium-lift category, comparable to the variant of Europe’s #Ariane6 that flies with two solid rocket boosters. Ariane was not designed for reusability ♻️ as Neutron was.
The second stage is completely enveloped within the first stage and would be released in orbit 🌌 . The rocket will descend back through the atmosphere, only needs to fire its engines once, just before landing https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/rocket-labs-next-step/
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@rocketlabcorp.com
#Neutron | Hot Fire - Vacuum #Archimedes Endurance Burn
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Researchers from TUM and IPP have launched the FUMA consortium at the Garching campus to study materials for future #FusionPower plants. The project combines #neutron and #positron methods to investigate material damage and service life: http://go.tum.de/803245
📷W. Schürmann
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#SpaceX is not accepting Transporter reservations beyond late 2028 or early 2029. That has led companies like Exolaunch and SEOPS to buy their own #Falcon9 rideshare launches. There seems to be a panic 😱 setting in. That has factored into planning for #RocketLab’s #Neutron medium-lift rocket, including customers seeking “longer-term” deals and block buys of launches to guarantee access to space 🌌 https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-transporter-17-amid-concerns-about-rideshare-programs-future/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116890179092064680
#ImpulseSpace and #RelativitySpace are the newest companies to be on-ramped to the national security launch program. #RocketLab, with its #Neutron rocket, and #StokeSpace, with the #Nova vehicle, were added in March 2025. #SpaceX, #ULA, and #BlueOrigin were the original awardees in 2024.
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The space-systems division makes #spacecraft and related components, it accounted for 67% of #RocketLab's revenue last year. Morgan Stanley said the division could grow at a 38% compound annual rate through 2028. Rocket Lab aims to launch its #Neutron medium-lift rocket for the first time later this year https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260708139/rocket-labs-stock-could-surge-250-as-the-company-takes-a-page-out-of-spacexs-book-analyst-says
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Maiden flights 🚀 2026
🇨🇳 #Ceres2 ❌
🇫🇷 #Ariane64 ✅
🇨🇳 #Kinetica2 ✅
🇨🇳 #Tianlong3 ❌
🇷🇺 #Irtysh (Soyuz 5) ✅
🇺🇸 #Starship Block 3 ✅ ❌
🇨🇳 #LongMarch12B ✅
🇯🇵 #H330S ✅
🇮🇳 #Vikram1 ⏱️
🇨🇳 #Zhihang1 ⏳
🇰🇷 #SolidfuelSLV ⏳
🇨🇳 #Nebula1 ⏳
🇨🇳 #LongMarch10B ⏱️
🇩🇪 #Spectrum ⏱️
🇩🇪 #RFAOne ⏳
🇨🇳 #LongMarch10A ⏳
🇮🇳 #HLVM3 ⏳
🇺🇸 #TerranR ⏳
🇺🇸 #Neutron ⏳
🇨🇳 #Yuanxingzhe1 ⏳
🇯🇵 #EpsilonS ⏳
🇨🇳 #Hyperbola3 ⏳
🇧🇷 #MicrolançadorBrasileiro ⏳
🇨🇳 #Pallas1 ⏳
🇮🇳 #Agnibaan ⏳
🇪🇸 #Miura5 ⏳
🇺🇸 #Nova ⏳https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_spaceflight#Maiden_flights
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#Science, #Electromagnatism, #Ionic-energy, #battery, #Physics, #Universe, #Stars, #Neutron-stars, #Magenatars
The natural Universe requires polarity. "You cannot run a battery with one terminal". So, you use (both). Main sequence Stars are the visible, positive. (What we see). Then you have Neutron stars, magenatars. These are the ionic stars (we cannot see). Now take the battery analogy. You need both polarities to have "function". Sgr A* is a prime candidate for being an ion star in theory.
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Neutron Stars Could Serve as Cosmic Thermometers for Dipole Dark Matter
https://1ban.news/neutron-star-thermometer-dipole-dark-matter/
#1ban #neutron #star #thermometer #dipole #space -
Neutron Stars Could Serve as Cosmic Thermometers for Dipole Dark Matter
https://1ban.news/neutron-star-thermometer-dipole-dark-matter/
#1ban #neutron #star #thermometer #dipole #space -
Neutron Stars Could Serve as Cosmic Thermometers for Dipole Dark Matter
https://1ban.news/neutron-star-thermometer-dipole-dark-matter/
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Launch Vehicle Cost Comparison (2026)
Vehicle LEO Payload List Price $/kg (LEO)
#FalconHeavy 63,800 kg $97M $1,520
#NewGlenn 45,000 kg ~$85M (est.) ~$1,900
#Falcon9 22,800 kg $67M $2,940
#Neutron (est.) 13,000 kg ~$50M (est.) ~$3,850
#Ariane64 21,650 kg ~$115M ~$5,310
#Vulcan Centaur 27,200 kg ~$120M (est.) ~$4,410
#H3 (Japan) 6,500 kg ~$50M ~$7,690
#Electron 300 kg $7.5M $25,000
#Starship (target) 150,000 kg TBD $100-500 (target)https://spacenexus.us/guide/space-launch-cost-comparison#cost-per-kg
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A Benchtop Neutron Generator for the Home Reactor
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🚀 Lors d'essais de qualification sur l'inter-étage du lanceur #Neutron, des fissures sont apparues. Rocket Lab a indiqué que l'inter-étage a atteint la charge de qualification (~125 % de la charge en vol) et testé jusqu’à la défaillance, testant ainsi les marges de conception. Pas d'impact sur le calendrier de lancement du nouveau lanceur.
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🍝🤦♂️ So, you tried to crack the gluten-free pasta mystery with #neutron #scattering and ended up with a 400 Bad Request? Maybe next time, consult a #chef instead of a physicist. 🚫👨🔬
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-science-spaghetti-neutron-gluten-free.html #glutenfreepasta #advice #foodscience #400badrequest #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Rocket Lab a publié des images de la campagne de tests de séparation du second étage de son lanceur #Neutron, un système très spécifique.
Le vol inaugural est prévu en fin d'année
