This New Goldilocks Rocket Is Juuust Right for Small Satellites
This New Goldilocks Rocket Is Juuust Right for Small Satellites
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 29, 20177m 53s
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Show Notes
At 4 pm local time on May 25, Rocket Lab’s Electron stood on the company’s private launch pad on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Perched on the edge of an eroding cliff, pointing toward the sky from the southern tip of the world, the little rocket—just 56 feet tall and 4 feet wide, meant to carry similarly small satellites—looked ready for its first trip to space.
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