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Rocket Lab returns to service with successful launch for Capella
Flying for the first time since a failure in early July, Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher delivered Capella Space’s first commercial radar remote sensing satellite to orbit after lifting off from New Zealand Sunday.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches Capella’s first commercial radar satellite
Rocket Lab's first mission since a failed launch in early July took off at 11:05 p.m. EDT Sunday (0305 GMT Monday) from New Zealand. The small satellite launcher carried into orbit a commercial radar remote sensing spacecraft for Capella Space.
Amid shuffling schedules, Capella to fly its first commercial satellite with Rocket Lab
After switching rockets two times due to launch delays, Capella Space is set to launch the first spacecraft in a constellation of commercial radar reconnaissance satellites from New Zealand Sunday on a Rocket Lab Electron booster.
Rocket Lab identifies faulty electrical connector as cause of launch failure
A detached electrical connector on the second stage of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket caused a failure on a July 4 mission that destroyed seven small commercial satellites, but the company said Friday it is on track to resume launching before the end of August.
Rocket Lab satellite launch fails before reaching orbit
A failure during the second stage burn of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket caused seven small commercial satellites to crash back to Earth Saturday following liftoff from New Zealand.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab confirms launch failure after liftoff with seven satellites
Seven small satellites from Canon Electronics, Planet and In-Space Missions launched from New Zealand on Rocket Lab's Electron rocket Saturday at 5:19:36 p.m. EDT (2119:36 GMT), but the payloads and launch vehicle were lost after a problem during the second stage burn.
Rocket Lab plans next launch Saturday, closes in on first mission from Virginia
Rocket Lab is readying for a launch from its New Zealand spaceport Saturday (U.S. time) with seven commercial satellites from Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom, while teams at Wallops Island, Virginia, move closer to Rocket Lab's first launch there as soon as August.
U.S. military to award smallsat launch contracts using COVID-19 relief funds
The U.S. military said this week it plans to award rideshare small satellite launch contracts to six U.S. companies using funds appropriated to help stabilize the defense industrial base amid the coronavirus pandemic.
University-built CubeSat launched with swarm of auroral science nodes
Rocket Lab successfully launched five small satellites from New Zealand Saturday for customers in the United States and Australia, including a CubeSat with a novel swarm of tiny magnetometers to measure the plasma currents that shape colorful auroras.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab back in action with twilight launch in New Zealand
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket took off at 1:12 a.m. EDT (0512 GMT) Saturday carrying five payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office, NASA and the University of New South Wales at Canberra in Australia. The launch was the first for Rocket Lab since January due to delays related to the coronavirus pandemic.