Rocket Lab’s ready now to launch Capella’s Acadia-3 SAR satellite eight days after previous mission

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider in launch services and space systems, announced it has scheduled the launch for its 52nd Electron mission which will deploy a single satellite for American space tech company Capella Space (“Capella”). The mission is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens on August 11th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The mission will deploy Capella’s Acadia-3 SAR satellite, a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Earth imagery and observation, to a mid-inclination 615km circular orbit to add to Capella’s existing SAR satellite constellation. More

(Source: SatNews - Aug 10)