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01-21-2018, 11:31 PM
blackshire
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Electron in orbit!
Hello All,
Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle has successfully reached orbit! This article (see:
http://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/2...ul-test-launch/
) contains the particulars. (One unusual "First"--having rocket engines with electrically-driven propellant pumps, its second stage jettisoned a spent battery pack during ascent in order to reduce the total mass of the second stage and its multiple-CubeSat payloads.) Here (see:
http://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/2...om-new-zealand/
) is a video of the flight.
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