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Watch live: Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite

Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can watch the action live.

An Electron vehicle is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site today, during a window that opens at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT; 1 a.m. on Aug. 21 local New Zealand time), carrying aloft a radar satellite for the Tokyo-based company iQPS.

Full story: Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today

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