Engineering360: "Four Aerospace Developments to Look for in 2018"

The Tern reminds me of Boeing's VTOL Heliwing (tail-sitter) from the '90s - they had one prototype and it flew several times before it crashed but that's par for the course in UAV development. It executed all of the maneuvers beautifully - take-off, hover, transition to forward flight, landing, etc.

‘sun-synchronous orbit‘

i dont understand.

Sun sync implies Lagrange points? Or orbiting the planet every 24 hours? Neither poss from a low earth orbit, AFAIK?

Wikipedia article sums Sun Synchronous Orbit up nicely. Indeed it is typically LEO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit

Thanks Lo Volt, I orbit corrected! ;-)

No mention of Rocket Labs.

Due to launch another test vehicle in a few days time.