Rocket Lab successfully launches Electron
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 10:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket reached orbit for the first time after a launch January 20. The Electron launched from the company's site in New Zealand at 8:43 pm EST (0143 GMT Jan. 21), after range and technical issues scrubbed a launch attempt Friday night. The company called the launch a success, placing three cubesats for Planet and Spire into orbit. The launch was the second for the small rocket after a telemetry problem during the rocket's inaugural flight in May 2017 caused it to be destroyed by range safety. The company said its next launch will be in the "coming months" but did not disclose a customer for that mission.
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket reached orbit for the first time after a launch January 20. The Electron launched from the company's site in New Zealand at 8:43 pm EST (0143 GMT Jan. 21), after range and technical issues scrubbed a launch attempt Friday night. The company called the launch a success, placing three cubesats for Planet and Spire into orbit. The launch was the second for the small rocket after a telemetry problem during the rocket's inaugural flight in May 2017 caused it to be destroyed by range safety. The company said its next launch will be in the "coming months" but did not disclose a customer for that mission.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Friday, July 4
Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine
NASA/GSFC — 8:53 am ET (1253 GMT) NASA Mission Monitoring Air Quality from Space Extended
NASA/LARC — 8:53 am ET (1253 GMT) NASA Remembers Former Johnson Director Jefferson Howell
NASA/JSC — 8:52 am ET (1252 GMT) State commission approves refueling, launch of Soyuz rocket with Progress MS-31 spacecraft
TASS — 8:50 am ET (1250 GMT) Scientists spot mystery object believed to come from beyond solar system
The Guardian — 8:49 am ET (1249 GMT) |
