News, su rocketlab.co.nz, Rocket Lab (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 luglio 2011).
«December 2010 - Rocket Lab was awarded a US contract from the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) to study low cost international alternatives. Included in this study is a 640,000Ns booster, a miniature avionics system and a launch vehicle to place small mass satellites into polar and low Earth orbits.»