Don’t Stop Me Now – Spaceflight Now

September 23, 2021

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[ September 22, 2021 ] NASA completes swing arm test on SLS launch platform Mission Reports
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[ September 21, 2021 ] Landsat 9 lifted atop launcher to extend unbroken environmental data record Atlas 5
[ September 20, 2021 ] Photos: Inspiration4 launches from Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ September 20, 2021 ] Tianzhou ship launches and docks with Chinese space station Mission Reports

University-built CubeSat launched with swarm of auroral science nodes

June 13, 2020

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.

Live coverage: Rocket Lab back in action with twilight launch in New Zealand

June 10, 2020

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.