New Zealand’s Rocket Lab has been preparing for its sixth mission of the year. The company’s proprietary Electron rocket was poised to ferry its cargo of 30 cube satellites into a 500 km wide arc in low Earth orbit. More importantly, this launch...
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Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron rocket lofted a bevy of small satellites into orbit tonight for the National Reconnaissance Office, NASA and a project backed by the Australian government and the University of New South Wales Canberra Space. Liftoff from Rocket Lab’s oceanside launch complex on...