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(Launch webcast begins at 1:07 p.m. EST / 1807 GMT)
Mission Reports
Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches NASA’s final two TROPICS satellites
NASA’s final pair of TROPICS hurricane research satellites lifted off on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle from New Zealand on Thursday night (U.S. time). The two identical shoebox-size spacecraft launched at 11:46 p.m. EDT Thursday (0346 UTC Friday) from Rocket Lab’s privately-owned spaceport on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.
