Rocket Lab has a new rocket engine factory. The Long Beach, California-based launch and space systems company held a ribbon-cutting Wednesday to officially open its new 144,000-square-foot Engine Development Center in what was Virgin Orbit’s former headquarters.
The facility will support high-rate production of the 3D-printed Rutherford engine, as well as the development and production of Rocket Lab’s new Archimedes engine that will power its new Neutron rocket.
