Rocket Lab Launches Electron Rocket from New Zealand Written 27 June 2025
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Rocket Lab’s ‘Get The Hawk Outta Here’ mission launch. | Credit: Rocket Lab; YouTube; Framegrab
SPACE reports Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket from New Zealand on June 26. The rocket carried a trio of “radio frequency geolocation microsatellites and a fourth experimental satellite dubbed ‘Kestrel-0A’. The group was released into a polar low-Earth orbit (LEO) at an altitude of about 320 miles (520 kilometers).”
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Rocket Lab’s ‘Get The Hawk Outta Here’ Mission Launch (Launch takes place at the 18:37 mark)
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