“Still Testing” – Rocket Lab’s Electron Reaches Orbit on Second Test Flight
Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle successfully achieved orbit on its second test flight performed on Sunday from the company’s launch base in New Zealand.
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Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket Aborts at Ignition
Rocket Lab’s Electron, set for its second test launch from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula, encountered a last-second ignition abort on Tuesday, shutting down its electric-pump-fed Rutherford engines just moments before liftoff when its computers detected an off-nominal parameter.
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Minotaur-C Rocket Launches Ten Commercial Earth Observation Satellites
An all-solid-fueled rocket with familiar feel but new name lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Tuesday to carry a group of ten Earth-observation satellites into orbit for San Francisco-based operator Planet.
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Photos: Minotaur-C Rocket Readied for Launch with Planet’s SkySat & Dove Satellites
An Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket is readied for liftoff from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Bast with ten satellites for San Francisco-based operator Planet
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