Rocket Lab Electron Returns To Flight

Credit: Rocket Lab
Two months after an Electron rocket launch failure, California-based Rocket Lab returned to flight, sending a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellite into orbit for the Japan-based Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). Rocket Lab’s 42nd launch of a two-stage Electron booster...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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