Space startup Rocket Lab successfully sent a rocket to orbit
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On Sunday afternoon, New Zealand and U.S. spaceflight startup Rocket Lab successfully sent a second Electron rocket to space — and this time it reached orbit.
The rocket "Still Testing" launched from the company's New Zealand North Island site on the Māhia peninsula at 2:43 p.m. NZDT (1:30 a.m. GMT/8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday).
"Still Testing" reached orbit and deployed customer payloads after eight and a half minutes from take-off.
On-board were three small commercial satellites: Dove Pioneer, an earth imaging satellite from Planet Labs, and two for weather and ship tracking company Spire. Read more...
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Space startup Rocket Lab successfully sent a rocket to orbit
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