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Rocket Lab Completes First Commercial Launch Of Its Electron Rocket
U.S.-based aerospace manufacturer Rocket Lab completed its first successful commercial launch on Saturday, sending seven spacecraft including “six tiny satellites and a drag sail demonstrator” into orbit aboard a relatively small Electron rocket designed primarily for smallsats and cubesats, Spaceflight Now reported.
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Adorable Carbon Fibre Rocket Is Finally Ready To Launch
Rockets are big, shiny hunks of metal that do extraordinary things — but you’d probably never call one “cute”. Kittens are cute. Quokkas? Definitely. But rockets, not so much — except for this little guy, from New Zealand-based startup Rocket Lab. Its name is Electron, and after years of preparation, its’s finally gearing up to…