{"id":23260,"date":"2020-10-03T00:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-plans-to-join-in-on-the-busy-october-launch-schedule\/"},"modified":"2020-10-03T00:30:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:30:10","slug":"rocket-lab-plans-to-join-in-on-the-busy-october-launch-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-plans-to-join-in-on-the-busy-october-launch-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab plans to join in on the busy October launch schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"rocket lab launch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"4958\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/10\/02\/rocket-lab-plans-to-join-in-on-the-busy-october-launch-schedule\/50277266536_10671a86a8_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Rocket Lab Liftoff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though they will not be launching from US soil just yet, the California-based rocket company plans to launch 10 CubeSats into low Earth orbit from their launch complex in Mahia, New Zealand. This mission will be its second since they experienced an in-flight failure in July.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-4956\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nine of the satellites will be Plant Lab\u2019s SuperDove earth observation satellites. These will be deployed into a 500 km sun synchronous orbit. These will join the rest of Plant\u2019s fleet of satellites that provide medium-resolution Earth images for the general public, not just large government agencies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 10th and final payload will be the CE-SAT-IIB satellite from Canon Electronics. This payload was booked on an Electron through Spaceflight Inc and is a technology demonstrator. It will be testing a new, highly sensitive camera that will be taking night photos of the Earth as well as telescopes suitable for CubeSats.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The countdown is on for our next mission, the &#8216;In Focus&#8217; launch from LC-1 in Oct for @planet and @SpaceflightInc&#8217;s customer Canon Electronics! For this flight we&#8217;re all about Earth-imaging. Learn more: https:\/\/t.co\/olXThrj4jR pic.twitter.com\/YAOW2xGkk3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) September 28, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If these companies and payloads sound familiar, they are. These are two companies that lost their payloads in July on Rocket Lab\u2019s 13th flight, \u201cPics or it Didn\u2019t Happen.\u201d This will be Rocket Lab\u2019s 15th launch since its first launch in 2017 and its fifth this year. They are also nearly ready to launch from their new complex at NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This mission is also planned for NET October 2020 and the rocket has already gone through its wet dress rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-4956',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More pics from last week&#8217;s wet dress rehearsal at LC-2 in Virginia. Simultaneously, our team at LC-1 is preparing for our next launch from New Zealand. Being able to run concurrent launch operations from geographically diverse locations enables a resilient space architecture\ud83d\ude80\ud83d\udef0\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/TIutNoMxwp<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) September 22, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rocket Labs is also nearing completion of a third pad, which will be a second pad at the New Zealand launch complex as well as a fully operational pad in the US. This will give Rocket Lab an immense boost in how quickly they can keep up with their list of ever-growing customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though they will not be launching from US soil just yet, the California-based rocket company plans to launch 10 CubeSats into low Earth orbit from their launch complex in Mahia, New Zealand. This mission will be its second since they experienced an in-flight failure in July. 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