May 4, 2019 03:18 AM
Rocket Lab to Launch 3 Satellites for US Air Force Early Saturday. How to Watch
https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-...eview.html
EXCERPT: Spaceflight startup Rocket Lab (founder Peter Beck) will launch three small satellites for the United States Air Force early Saturday morning (May 4), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site Saturday at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT; 6 p.m. local New Zealand time), kicking off the STP-27RD mission. Watch it live here at Space.com courtesy of Rocket Lab, or directly via the company.
[...] Together, the three satellites weigh more than 397 lbs. (180 kilograms), the heaviest load for the 57-foot-tall (17 meters) Electron to date. Tomorrow morning's launch will be the sixth overall for Electron, and its second flight of 2019. [...] Rocket Lab aims to dramatically increase access to space using Electron, which can loft about 500 lbs. (225 kg) on each $5 million liftoff. (MORE - details)
https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launch-...eview.html
EXCERPT: Spaceflight startup Rocket Lab (founder Peter Beck) will launch three small satellites for the United States Air Force early Saturday morning (May 4), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site Saturday at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT; 6 p.m. local New Zealand time), kicking off the STP-27RD mission. Watch it live here at Space.com courtesy of Rocket Lab, or directly via the company.
[...] Together, the three satellites weigh more than 397 lbs. (180 kilograms), the heaviest load for the 57-foot-tall (17 meters) Electron to date. Tomorrow morning's launch will be the sixth overall for Electron, and its second flight of 2019. [...] Rocket Lab aims to dramatically increase access to space using Electron, which can loft about 500 lbs. (225 kg) on each $5 million liftoff. (MORE - details)