Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Rocket Lab Returns To Flight

Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab has returned to flight, successfully launching a new payload into space on Sunday. The company's "I Can't Believe It's Not Optical" flight launched from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launchpad at 8:05PM PDT, placing a satellite payload for Capella Space into orbit. The launch is the first for the company after a failure caused the loss of a payload on July 4th. Capella Space's satellite will offer up synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging of the Earth to general customers.

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