Rocket Lab - Look Ma, No Hands patch.
Aug. 19, 2019
Look Ma, No Hands lift off
Lift-off of the Look Ma, No Hands mission occurred at 12:12 UTC on August 19 2019 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
Look Ma, No Hands Launch - 08/19/2019
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launch on its eighth flight from a facility on the Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand’s North Island. The Electron rocket and its Curie upper stage will place four small satellites into orbit on a rideshare mission arranged by Spaceflight and Rocket Lab.
BlackSky constellation
The payloads include the BlackSky Global 4 commercial Earth observation satellite, two tech demo CubeSats for Air Force Space Command’s Pearl White program, and commercial CubeSat for the French company UnseenLabs, which is developing a constellation of maritime surveillance spacecraft. The mission is nicknamed “Look Ma, No Hands.”
Related links:
BlackSky: https://www.blacksky.com/
Rocket Lab: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Rocket Lab/BlackSky/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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