SILVER FERN DESIGN SET TO BLAST INTO SPACE

The Kyle Lockwood designed Silver Fern Sports Flag will adorn revolutionary new rockets which will carry satellites into space.

New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab has unveiled a 10-tonne rocket capable of sending satellites into space for less than $6 million, a fraction of current costs.

At an unveiling in Auckland this morning, Rocket Lab chief executive Peter Beck said the 18-metre rocket, named Electron, would revolutionise the space game.

Electron would make space more accessible. The average cost of sending a satellite into space was about $155m, Beck said.

The Electron is significantly smaller than the average rocket length of 60m.

Electron would also reduce the time it took to launch a satellite from years to weeks, he said.

"This is the new way to access space."

The carbon-composite rocket could carry satellites weighing up to 120 kilograms and was expected to be launched next year, he said.

Rocket Lab would provide all the launching facilities to get customers' satellites into space. It already had commitments for more than 30 launches, he said.

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We congratulate Rocket Lab on the launch of the New Zealand space program, and we are proud that our silver fern design was chosen as part of the livery adorning these revolutionary new rockets.


The design has also featured on New Zealand Olympic team training uniforms.


Companies and sports teams are welcome to obtain a licence from us to use our copyrighted silver fern flag design as part of their organisational imagery, please contact [email protected] for further information.

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