{"id":16234,"date":"2018-06-18T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16234"},"modified":"2018-06-17T19:45:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T23:45:25","slug":"video-rocket-lab-prepares-for-3rd-electron-launch-from-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16234","title":{"rendered":"Video: Rocket Lab prepares for 3rd Electron launch from New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocket Lab<\/a> plans to launch an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/electron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electron rocket<\/a>\u00a0from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/launch\/mahia-information\/\" target=\"_d\">Mahia Peninsula<\/a>\u00a0on the east coast of New Zealand&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Island<\/a> during a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/news\/updates\/rocket-lab-confirms-new-its-business-time-launch-window-and-bolsters-manifest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two week long launch window<\/a> that opens on\u00a0June 23rd. This will be the company&#8217;s third launch and, they hope, the second one to successfully put payloads into orbit. Here is a NZ TV news report on the company:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Zealand has entered the space race. In just a few days, the Kiwis will launch their first commercial rocket, taking satellites into orbit. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkWBurrows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkWBurrows<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n1jB05fuuG\">pic.twitter.com\/n1jB05fuuG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsAUS\/status\/1008272010353377280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=grocery&amp;banner=00G7Z5DTSFKX6MTTBPR2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=6b49309f10639a0063e8c2710e9c356a&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company Rocket Lab plans to launch an Electron rocket\u00a0from the Mahia Peninsula\u00a0on the east coast of New Zealand&#8217;s North Island during a two week long launch window that opens on\u00a0June 23rd. This will be the company&#8217;s third launch and, they hope, the second one to successfully put payloads into orbit. Here is a NZ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16234\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Rocket Lab prepares for 3rd Electron launch from New Zealand<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-industry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4dQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17320,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17320","url_meta":{"origin":16234,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Rocket Lab launches Electron rocket with NASA sponsored CubeSats","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Rocket Lab today successfully launched an Electron rocket from the Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. 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