Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Rocket Lab Launches 100th Satellite

Long Beach-based satellite launch provider Rocket Lab has launched another mission, deploying its 100th satellite, the company said late Monday evening. According to the company, it launched its 19th Electron rocket mission, deploying six satellites into orbit. Rocket Lab said the satellites included in the ridesharing mission included an Earth-observation satellite for BlackSky Global through Spaceflight Inc; two Internet of Things (IoT) nanosatellites for Australian commercial operators Fleet Space and Myriota; a test satellite built by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space in collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force; a weather monitoring CubeSat for Care Weather Technologies; and a technology demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). The rocket launch occurred in New Zealand.