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A weekend launch by Long Beach-based rocket developer
Rocket Lab has destroyed two satellites, in what the company described as an issue with its stage two rocket. The launch on Saturday from Rocket Lab s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand occurred just after the Electron s two stages separated. In a statement, Rocket Lab said that the issue occurred shortly after stage two ignition . The destroyed rocket was carrying two, Earth-observing satellites for BlackSky, in a ride arranged by rocket ridesharing coordinator Spaceflight.