Rocket Lab launches 2 BlackSky Earth-observing satellites into orbit

Rocket Lab just sent two more private Earth-observation satellites skyward. A Rocket Lab Electron launcher lifted off Saturday (April 2) at 8:41a.m. EST (1241 GMT) from the company's Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Pensula. The local time was 1:10 a.m. Sunday morning at the launch site. The two-stage Electron rocket carried two spacecraft for the Virginia company BlackSky. They were successfully deployed about 40 minutes after liftoff. More

(Source: Space.com - Apr 3)