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Rocket Lab’s little secrets: kick stage and disco ball

Submit on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 22:59

Rocket Lab said it has successfully tested a previously unannounced kick stage on the Still Testing Electron launch vehicle, using it to circularise the orbits of the two Spire Lemur-2 CubeSats on board. Plus, there was a previously unannounced fourth satellite on board.

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