WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Spaceport Authority's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Launch Complex 3, home for Rocket Lab's newest reusable rocket, Neutron, is now complete and celebrated its official opening Thursday.

Officials said Launch Complex 3 is ready to bring the largest orbital launch capacity in the Spaceport's history with Neutron, Rocket Lab's reusable launch vehicle, a medium-lift vehicle, capable of launching 33,000 pounds to space for commercial constellations, national security and interplanetary missions — and eventually, flights by humans into space.

Neutron will be the largest rocket to launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, otherwise known as MARS, and the first reusable one to launch here.

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