{"id":56305,"date":"2021-11-18T21:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-deploys-2-satellites-for-blacksky-recovers-rocket\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T21:39:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:39:12","slug":"rocket-lab-deploys-2-satellites-for-blacksky-recovers-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-deploys-2-satellites-for-blacksky-recovers-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Deploys 2 Satellites for BlackSky, Recovers Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_336735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336735\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Love_At_First_Insight.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Love_At_First_Insight.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Love_At_First_Insight-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Love_At_First_Insight-286x200.jpeg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocket Lab\u2019s \u201cLove at First Insight\u201d mission for BlackSky on Nov. 18. Photo: Rocket Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Rocket Lab<\/b> deployed two satellites for <b>BlackSky<\/b> in its latest launch, and recovered the first stage of the Electron rocket afterward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The mission, dubbed \u2018Love At First Insight,\u2019 took off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand\u2019s Mahia Peninsula at 1:38 UTC on Thursday. Electron delivered the two BlackSky satellites to a circular 430 km orbit. BlackSky confirmed after the launch that its Earth-imaging satellites were operating normally on orbit. <\/p>\n<p>The Electron first stage executed a controlled ocean splashdown, and Rocket Lab tracked the splashdown with a helicopter for the first time. Rocket Lab has been working toward rocket reusability, and first recovered part of the Electron vehicle about one year ago. The launcher said the next step is catching Electron in the air with a helicopter after launch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CEO Peter Beck watched the splashdown from a helicopter, sharing a photo on Twitter. \u201cBest seat in the house,\u201d he tweeted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s launch was a masterclass from an incredible team of engineers on how to successfully deliver customers\u2019 satellites to space while at the same time demonstrating cutting-edge operations and innovation that pushes the space industry forward on small rocket reusability,\u201d Beck commented.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was Rocket Lab\u2019s fifth launch of 2021, and fourth success after a May launch failed and lost BlackSky satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab will attempt another launch for BlackSky by the end of this year. This was part of a multi-launch contract, organized by <b>Spaceflight<\/b>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Lab\u2019s \u201cLove at First Insight\u201d mission for BlackSky on Nov. 18. Photo: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab deployed two satellites for BlackSky in its latest launch, and recovered the first stage of the Electron rocket afterward.&nbsp; The mission, dubbed \u2018Love At First Insight,\u2019 took off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand\u2019s Mahia Peninsula at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}