Rocket Lab launches 35th Electron rocket
It was the company's second Electron mission from Launch Complex 2, located in Virginia, within seven days of its first mission.
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It was the company's second Electron mission from Launch Complex 2, located in Virginia, within seven days of its first mission.
The agreement underlines the growing global demand for private and flexible orbital launches.
The LV0009 launch will be the first in a new multi-launch agreement, and the rocket will carry three Spaceflight customers to a 525-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit.
There is a five-year ordering period and a maximum total value of $300m across all contracts.
Eight organisations are hitching a ride on Sherpa-LTC1, including return customers Capella Space, Umbra Space, Lynk Global and Kleos Space.
The pilots for this mission are Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci flying VSS Unity.
Among the new programmes announced are a new orbital transfer vehicle, an online booking site, a mission management portal as well as all-in pricing and spacecraft tracking.
The Sherpa-FX aims to deliver 16 customer spacecraft and several hosted payloads to demonstrate tracking technologies for space traffic management.
The company's two-stage Electron booster that carried the satellites soared into space at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT) from the Mahia Peninsula launch site in New Zealand.
