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Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket Fails During Launch, Loses Radar-Imaging Satellite

By Sharmila Kuthunur
SpaceRef
September 19, 2023
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Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket Fails During Launch, Loses Radar-Imaging Satellite
Liftoff for “We Will Never Desert You.”
Image credit: Rocket Lab.

For the first time in more than two years, Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket failed during launch early on September 19, resulting in the loss of its payload, a radar Earth-observation satellite from California-based Capella Space.

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Sharmila Kuthunur.

Sharmila is a science journalist covering the cosmos. Her work has appeared in Space.com, Astronomy Magazine, EarthSky, and the Indian print magazine Science Reporter. She received a master's degree in journalism from Northeastern University in 2022.