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(Launch webcast begins at 7:22 p.m. EST / 0022 GMT)
Mission Reports
Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches 10 small satellites
A week after scrubbing a launch attempt to evaluate an issue with an oxygen sensor, Rocket Lab launched a mission Wednesday to deliver 10 small commercial Earth observation satellites to orbit. Liftoff of the Electron booster from Rocket Lab’s spaceport in New Zealand occurred at 5:21 p.m. EDT (2121 GMT).