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Rocket Lab secretly launched its own satellite designed to go to the Moon – Yahoo Finance Australia
Rocket Lab recently made a successful return to flight and launched a client satellite from its Electron Rocket, but that’s not all that happened on the mission. The company also secretly launched its own satellite, called Photon, that could one day fly ambit…
Rocket Lab recently made a successful return to flight and launched a client satellite from its Electron Rocket, but thats not all that happened on the mission. The company also secretly launched its own satellite, called Photon, that could one day fly ambitious deep space missions.
Photon is based on Rocket Labs Kick Stage, which is a mini rocket designed to boost satellite payloads into their final circular orbit once Electron has brought them to space. However, rather than just packing a pro…
