
Rocket Lab’s 3D Printed Engine Hits 1,000 Units
US-based space systems company Rocket Lab has completed production of its 1,000th Rutherford engine at its Long Beach, California facility, a milestone that reflects the maturation of additive manufacturing as a viable industrial process in orbital spaceflight. The Rutherford is the world’s first 3D printed, electric pump-fed orbital rocket engine, and its production volume now…
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