Rocket Lab launches 10 smallsats
Posted: Sun, Nov 1, 2020, 12:48 PM ET (1748 GMT)
Rocket Lab successfully launched 10 smallsats Wednesday. The company's Electron rocket lifted off from its New Zealand launch site at 5:21 pm EDT (2121 GMT) and deployed the 10 satellites about an hour later. Nine of the satellites are SuperDove imaging cubesats for Planet, while the tenth is a larger imaging microsatellite built by Canon Electronics. The launch was the sixth commercial launch this month licensed by the FAA, a new record for the agency.
Rocket Lab successfully launched 10 smallsats Wednesday. The company's Electron rocket lifted off from its New Zealand launch site at 5:21 pm EDT (2121 GMT) and deployed the 10 satellites about an hour later. Nine of the satellites are SuperDove imaging cubesats for Planet, while the tenth is a larger imaging microsatellite built by Canon Electronics. The launch was the sixth commercial launch this month licensed by the FAA, a new record for the agency.
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