### Filing Overview **Filing Date**: August 16, 2021 **Type of Filing**: [[Filing Definitions#Form 425|Form 425]] **Filing Purpose**: Press Release - Aurora Propulsion Technologies Launch Agreement --- ### Notes - **Launch Agreement Details**: - Rocket Lab announced a partnership with Finnish company **Aurora Propulsion Technologies** to launch the **AuroraSat-1** satellite. - Scheduled to launch in **Q4 2021** from [[Launch Complex 1]] in New Zealand. - **Mission Objectives**: - AuroraSat-1 will test technologies for **space debris removal** and sustainable satellite operations. - Features include: - **Water-based propulsion jets (Resistojets)** for attitude control and detumbling. - **Plasma brakes** for efficient deorbiting via ionospheric plasma. - **Key Highlights**: - Aurora selected Rocket Lab due to its ability to offer precise orbital deployment using the **Electron’s Kick Stage**. - The mission follows Rocket Lab’s prior partnership with Aurora in 2019. - **Remarks**: - **Peter Beck**, CEO of Rocket Lab, emphasized the importance of rapid and responsive launch capabilities for advancing next-generation technologies. - **Roope Takala**, CEO of Aurora, credited Rocket Lab for enabling the mission despite earlier launch plans falling through. - **Significance**: - Continues Rocket Lab’s expansion as a leader in responsive and sustainable space solutions. --- ![[32f4b7a8-2f73-487c-b8cd-c9ad0adde164.pdf]]