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Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Access

  • Launch sends Rocket Lab to lead in global space competition
  • Six satellites carried into low orbit from sheep farm launch
Rocket Launch in New Zealand Offers Cheap, Quick Space Access
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Cheap, quick access to space has officially arrived -- and in some serious style.

On a late Sunday afternoon in New Zealand, Rocket Lab successfully launched its third rocket. Dozens of employees gathered at the company’s headquarters in Auckland clad in Rocket Lab’s black-and-red colors and let out a series of primordial screams as the rocket took off, flew into space and dropped its satellite payload into orbit.