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- July 1, 2019
- 4 minutes read
Rocket Lab Launches Seven Satellites To Orbit
A Rocket Lab rocket lift-offs into orbit image: Trevor Mahlmann for Rocket Lab Rocket Lab — an aerospace company valued…
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| A Rocket Lab rocket lift-offs into orbit
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Rocket Lab — an aerospace company valued at more than $1 billion — recently completed the seventh mission on its Electron rocket, launching seven satellites into orbit for Spaceflight, an aerospace mission management company. For the seventh mission, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket took off from a launch facility in New Zealand at 04:30 UTC, Saturday 29 June 2019 (16:30 NZST). The rocket successfully delivered the seven satellites into their individual orbits roughly 56 minutes after lift-off.
Among the satellites launched into orbit were two for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and another for the Melbourne Space Program. With this mission, Rocket Lab has delivered 35 satellites in total [with 100% mission success] into space. The company hasn’t announced its next mission but says another launch is scheduled in “the coming weeks’.
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| Fired-up engines of a Rocket Lab rocket
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Rocket Lab says its launch manifest has been booked with monthly missions for the remainder of this year. The company also says it’ll begin launching satellites every two weeks by next year.
