Rocket Lab’s 3D Printed Engine Hits 1,000 Units
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Rocket Lab has produced its 1,000th Rutherford engine at its Long Beach facility, demonstrating that 3D printing has matured into a reliable manufacturing process for aerospace applications. This milestone shows additive manufacturing can scale for mission-critical components in the commercial space industry.
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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…
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