Rocket Lab puts Japanese satellite into orbit

Rocket Lab puts Japanese satellite into orbit

Space Daily

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Washington DC (UPI) Dec 15, 2023

Rocket Lab returned its Electron rocket into space for the first time since September with a successful New Zealand flight on Friday that released a Japanese satellite into orbit. The payload, the QPS-SAR-5, or Tsukuyomi-1 satellite, reached orbit about 57 minutes after launching from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1. The Japanese company iQPS develops and operates small SAR satellites and

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