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Rocket Lab launched its second rocket from its new US launch complex at 11.38am on Friday.
The Stronger Together mission saw an Electron rocket launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia.
The rocket was launched on a dedicated mission for Capella Space, a US satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company.
It will deliver to orbit two Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. Rocket Lab will not attempt to recover the Electron rocket.
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Launch Complex 2 is Rocket Lab’s first launch site on US soil and is capable of supporting one launch a month.
Rocket Lab has now launched 34 rockets, 32 of them from its launch complex on the Māhia Peninsular near Gisborne.
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Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket on the pad at LC-2 Wallops Island, Virginia.
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