Tag: New Zealand

The Electron Rocket Makes Its First Commercial Flight – “It’s Business Time”

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Rocket Labs “Electron” made its second successful and first commercial flight on November 11th, 2018, successfully carrying a compliment of small cubesats into orbit. Let’s go over this one more time – it’s the 3rd flight ever of this launch vehicle, and it’s already making full commercial flights. Now that’s success! Electron in flight. #ItsBusinessTime […]

The Amazing Success Of The Rocket Lab “Electron” Launch Vehicle

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In a bit of rocketry news that I’m long overdue for writing about, back on January 21st, 2018, the New Zealand company Rocket Lab had the first successful launch of their Electron rocket – a booster designed to launch very small payloads into Earth orbit. Not only does this mark New Zealand’s entry into orbital […]