Tag: BlackSky 7

Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher lifts off from New Zealand at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) Monday, or 11:30 a.m. local time Tuesday at the launch site. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launched seven satellites Monday from New Zealand on a rideshare mission serving the U.S. and Australian militaries and space services startups. A spacecraft developed…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying six small satellites for customers in Australia and the United States, along with a test platform for a NASA small satellite mission to the moon launching later this year. Text updates…