Rocket Report: Starship set for static fire test, meet “The Dorado” booster

Enlarge / The mighty Delta IV Heavy rocket takes to the skies. (credit: Aurich Lawson/United Launch Alliance)

Welcome to Edition 2.42 of the Rocket Report! Our report this week is filled with news about the biggest of boosters, from flight hardware for Omega to ongoing development of Starship and the near readiness of China's most powerful rocket for its next mission.

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Rocket Lab rolls out Electron in Virginia. In preparation for a launch in the third quarter of this year, Rocket Lab has rolled out the first Electron rocket that will lift off from Launch Complex 2, NASASpaceflight.com reports. This is the company's launch site at Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Construction on the launch site began in earnest in February 2019.

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