Posted on Jul 29, 2021
Rocket Lab launches US military satellite on return-to-flight mission
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Rocket Lab is back in business.
The company's Electron rocket launched a small satellite for the U.S. military early this morning (July 29), acing its first mission since suffering a failure in mid-May.
The two-stage Electron rose off a pad at Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site, on the North Island's Mahia Peninsula, at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT; 6 p.m. local New Zealand time), carrying a demonstration satellite called Monolith for the U.S. Space Force.
"We are off the pad and on our way to space once again, with successful liftoff from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1," Rocket Lab senior communication advisor Murielle Baker said during a live webcast of the launch.
The company's Electron rocket launched a small satellite for the U.S. military early this morning (July 29), acing its first mission since suffering a failure in mid-May.
The two-stage Electron rose off a pad at Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site, on the North Island's Mahia Peninsula, at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT; 6 p.m. local New Zealand time), carrying a demonstration satellite called Monolith for the U.S. Space Force.
"We are off the pad and on our way to space once again, with successful liftoff from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1," Rocket Lab senior communication advisor Murielle Baker said during a live webcast of the launch.
Rocket Lab launches US military satellite on return-to-flight mission
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The Rocket Lab? Do you mean the facility on the other side of the dry lake bed from the Flight Test Center, on Edwards AFB?
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We should be planting anything that can survive on Mars and exhales Oxygen
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