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May 14, 2021 Rocket Lab is preparing for its twentieth launch of an Electron rocket, named “Running Out of Toes,” carrying two Earth-observation satellites for BlackSky’s global monitoring constellation. The company is also aiming to recover an Electron first stage for the second time after a soft splashdown in the Māhia Recovery Zone in the Pacific Ocean. This will be the first of four dedicated missions scheduled for this year for BlackSky, a real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services company, working in tandem with Spaceflight Inc providing mission management a...

Stuart Nash on US military satellite launch in NZ: ‘I have not received an application’ A controversial Rocket Lab mission designed to improve US military targeting capabilities is slated to launch from the Mahia Peninsula next month, but Stuart Nash says he’s yet to approve it. Update: On 22 February The Spinoff reported that the Minister has now approved the Gunsmoke-J satellite for launch.  The minister responsible for New Zealand’s space regime has yet to sign off on a controversial US military satellite, which Rocket Lab announced yesterday it would launch from New Zealand next...

Watch live Wednesday: Rocket Lab launching microsatellite on Electron booster Space 1/19/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space A Rocket Lab Electron booster stands atop Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula ahead of The Owl's Night Begins mission in December 2020. Editor's note: The video above is Rocket Lab's December 2020 launch. The live webcast will appear once it is available. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 1:45 a.m. EST (0645 GMT) and you can watch it live here.  The Electron will launch during a 1.5-hour window from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 on New Ze...