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Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket makes a successful return to flight – Yahoo Finance Australia

Rocket Lab has made a successful return to flight following a failure last month. The company’s Electron rocket launched a 100 kg (220 pound) Earth observation satellite from its facility on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand at 11:05 PM EDT on August 30th. T…

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Rocket Lab has made a successful return to flight following a failure last month. The companys Electron rocket launched a 100 kg (220 pound) Earth observation satellite from its facility on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand at 11:05 PM EDT on August 30th. That marks the first flight since the companys failed launch on July 4th, when it lost seven satellites including one from Canon.
The earlier failure was caused by a single faulty electrical connection that ultimately led to the engines shutd…

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