Rocket Lab successfully deploys satellites 500km apart to separate orbits - TipRanks.com

Rocket Lab successfully deploys satellites 500km apart to separate orbits - TipRanks.com

Rocket Lab has “deployed two satellites to two different orbits approximately 500km apart on its 47th Electron mission. The “Beginning Of The Swarm” mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 10:32 NZST on April 24th, 2024 with payloads for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, or KAIST, and NASA. The primary payload, NEONSAT-1 by KAIST, was first deployed by Electron to a 520km circular Earth orbit before Electron deployed NASA’s Advanced Composite …