A Rocket Lab Electron launched an Astroscale spacecraft that will rendezvous with and inspect a spent upper stage in low Earth orbit as a precursor to removing it.
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The mission, nicknamed “Four of a Kind” was also deemed a successful recovery mission. Liftoff of the Electron rocket from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand occurred at 19:34 UTC.
Rocket Lab is ready for the first flight of its Electron rocket since a failure on Sept. 19. The 42nd mission for the small-satellite launcher is scheduled to liftoff on Dec. 15 from New Zealand durin