Rocket Lab Successfully Conducts Two Launches Within 24 Hours Written 26 November 2024
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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off Launch Complex-1 at Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. | Credit: Rocket Lab/Trevor Mahlmann; NASA
TechCrunch reports, “Rocket Lab set a new speed record for launch turnaround time, successfully executing two Electron missions in 24 hours. The company added in a statement that this is also the first time any launch operator has completed a mission from each hemisphere within that time frame. Rocket Lab, which was founded in New Zealand, maintains a launch pad there and at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.”
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