President & CEO, Metrocrest Area Chamber. Runner. Alabama football fan. Views expressed here are my own.
Rowlett, TX
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Michael Gallops retweeted
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I absolutely love this Rocket Lab launch site.
Hopefully I'll get to see it in person one day.
Michael Gallops retweeted
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I wonder how many of the investors who sold Rocket Lab at $45 will end up buying back in at $200 in a few years.
Michael Gallops retweeted
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Rocket Lab is doing in months what once took years.
First 50 launches: ~7 years, 1 month
Second 50 launches: ~2 years, 5 months
If the current acceleration continues, Rocket Lab could complete its next 50 launches in just 18 months.
From over 7 years to just 18 months for the same number of launches. Really cool to see.
And that's just Electron and HASTE. Neutron hasn't even entered the picture yet.
Michael Gallops retweeted
100% mission success
98th Electron launch from LC-1 with a constellation expansion mission for @hawkeye360
✅Launched on 1st attempt
✅19th mission of the year
✅3rd launch for HawkEye 360 with 100% mission success
🪼Space jellyfish
Michael Gallops retweeted
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"Glad I sold Rocket Lab at $70 in 2026."
Same guy when RKLB hits $300 in 2027:
Michael Gallops retweeted
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An amazing mission that also gave us one of the coolest Rocket Lab shots from space, imo:
VICTUS HAZE is an iconic mission, and @SpaceNews_Inc agrees.
We're proud to be a finalist for Military Space Achievement at the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards, alongside our VICTUS HAZE teammates @USSpaceForce and @The_TrueAnomaly.
We built a highly capable spacecraft, launched it in record time, commissioned it rapidly, and executed advanced rendezvous and proximity operations to deliver one of the Space Force's most advanced tactically responsive missions to date.
Michael Gallops retweeted
VICTUS HAZE is an iconic mission, and @SpaceNews_Inc agrees.
We're proud to be a finalist for Military Space Achievement at the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards, alongside our VICTUS HAZE teammates @USSpaceForce and @The_TrueAnomaly.
We built a highly capable spacecraft, launched it in record time, commissioned it rapidly, and executed advanced rendezvous and proximity operations to deliver one of the Space Force's most advanced tactically responsive missions to date.
Michael Gallops retweeted
Rocket Lab has filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging NASA’s award decision for the Mars Telecommunications Network.
NASA’s award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria mandated by Congress. In addition, the agency’s punitive review of Rocket Lab's technical volume was inconsistent, making incorrect assertions and conclusions.
Procurement standards exist to ensure fair competition and protect public investment. We are pursuing this review to ensure those standards are upheld for critical infrastructure that will underpin American exploration at Mars for decades to come.
Michael Gallops retweeted
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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck:
"You get one ride around. You get one body, one piece of flesh, one brain, one ride. You've got to make that ride count."
And boy, has he made it count.
20 years of pushing boundaries, driving progress and building wealth for so many people. Really inspiring.
Michael Gallops retweeted
Rocket Lab is proud to be onboarded to the @USSpaceForce's $981M NITE-STAR IDIQ program, which aims to advance space test and training infrastructure.
From here we will compete for task orders within the program, leveraging our deep experience in satellite development, space systems engineering, software, and mission operations.
Learn more: bit.ly/4qakhUt
Space Force picks 15 companies for $981 million training range contract spacenews.com/space-force-pi…
Michael Gallops retweeted
Responsive launch needs responsive launch sites.
With Launch Complex 1, we built the world's first private orbital launch site giving us launch availability 24/7, 365. Launch Complex 2 was built in just 10 months to bring small launch and hypersonic test launch to the U.S. East Coast, and Launch Complex 3 right next door unlocks medium launch capability with Neutron.
Next up: Alaska, and Rocket Lab Launch Complex 4. New orbits, new azimuths, a new era in responsive space.
Michael Gallops retweeted
We're excited to bring a new era of responsive launch capability to Alaska in support of national security 🚀
This is a major win for both Alaska and our national security. Rocket Lab's new U.S. Space Force contract includes up to 18 launches, with the majority expected to lift off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak.
For years, I have worked to secure federal investments in the Kodiak spaceport, including $45.5 million through the FY26 appropriations process to expand its launch capabilities. It's exciting to see that commitment matched by a contract that will capitalize on Alaska's world-class strategic assets while further establishing Kodiak as a premier launch site in the aerospace industry.
kmxt.org/news/2026-07-28/roc…
Michael Gallops retweeted
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"20% of everything that's active in Mars orbit will be designed and built by Rocket Lab" once the ESCAPADE spacecraft reach Mars orbit.
That's the kind of execution I invest in. The stock price doesn't change that.
Michael Gallops retweeted
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"That's the challenge right now, there's so much internal demand, it seems, within SpaceX that maybe the rest of the market is starting to get a little bit squeezed, which is important why we're there to provide small dedicated launch with Electron."
Michael Gallops retweeted
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New Rocket Lab article with Sir Peter Beck discussing the Iridium acquisition:
"It's a big swing for Rocket Lab to go and buy something like that, but at the end of the day it's a positive cash-generating business that's well established"
The Iridium deal fulfils Beck's long-held ambition to expand into satellite services.
By purchasing Iridium's network and spectrum over building their own, "we've short-cut that by 10 to 20 years", said Beck.$RKLB
Michael Gallops retweeted
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There's so much that Rocket Lab does that flies under the radar but is still really incredible, like "creating a technology that astronauts [...] depend on for every second of the mission."
"Rocket Lab's solar cells are integral to the ongoing Artemis missions."
If that's not bullish, then I don't know what is.
