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Sensor issue scrubs Rocket Lab launch of shoebox-sized NASA climate satellite


Sensor issue scrubs Rocket Lab launch of shoebox-sized NASA climate satellite Rocket Lab's first attempt at launching the second of two cubesats for NASA's PREFIRE climate change mission ended in a scrub on Friday (May 31). An Electron rocket topped with the tiny satellite had been poised to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site at 10:46 p.m. EDT (0246 GMT or 2:46 p.m. local time on June 1), until an "out-of-family sensor reading" near the end of the launch window resulted in a scrub.   More



(Source: Space.com - Jun 1)

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