Rocket Lab flew its 99th mission on Nov. 2, Space.com reports. An Electron launched from New Zealand at 10:41 a.m. CT and deployed an iQPS synthetic aperture radar satellite at about 357 miles (575 km).
- “The Sea God Surveys” was Rocket Lab’s 10th launch for iQPS, which is building a constellation of three dozen SAR satellites
- SAR can see through clouds and at night
- It was Electron’s 90th flight and 17th this year; the other nine missions were suborbital HASTE flights
My take
Launch number 100 is up next. Steady work.
God Bless, and Happy hacking!
