Launching from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, the dedicated mission on Electron will deploy eight satellites to a 550km orbit within just four months from launch contract signing, ...
The last four minutes before launch are the “terminal count” when the rocket’s computer takes over the countdown process. The seven engines in the booster will ignite 5.6 seconds before liftoff.
At the same time, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured the launch in a long exposure from the International Space Station (ISS) some 250 miles above Earth. The result is a rocket-launch photo unlike ...