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WASHINGTON \u2014 Rocket Lab launched a pair of Electron rockets with 24 hours of each other Nov. 24, a first for the company.<\/p>

One Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab\u2019s Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, at 1 a.m. Eastern. That launch used a suborbital version of the rocket, called Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE), intended for use in hypersonic testing.<\/p>

Rocket Lab did not announce the HASTE mission in advance, although NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility noted on social media that a suborbital launch was planned between Nov. 21 and 25. Rocket Lab later confirmed that the launch was a success but did not provide details about it. The customer is believed to be Leidos, which signed a contract in September 2023 for four HASTE launches in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>

This was the first HASTE launch since the vehicle\u2019s debut in June 2023<\/a>. This was also the first launch from Launch Complex 2 since an Electron mission for the National Reconnaissance Office in March 2024<\/a>, and the fifth overall from that pad.<\/p>

Rocket Lab followed the HASTE mission with an orbital launch of Electron from its Launch Complex 1B in New Zealand at 10:55 p.m. Eastern Nov. 24. The rocket successfully deployed into orbit a third set of five satellites for French company Kin\u00e9is, which is deploying a constellation to provide Internet of Things connectivity services.<\/p>

Rocket Lab launched the first two sets of Kin\u00e9is satellites in June<\/a> and September<\/a>. These launches are part of a five-launch contract announced in 2021, with two more launches planned through the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>

\u201cWith 15 Kin\u00e9is satellites now in orbit, we\u2019re one step closer to the full deployment of our dedicated IoT constellation for transmitting data in near-real time, anywhere on the globe,\u201d Alexandre Tisserant, chief executive of Kin\u00e9is, said in a statement after the launch. He said in September that he expected the full constellation to enter service in mid-2025, with initial services beginning as soon as January with the first 10 satellites.<\/p>

The two launches marked the fastest turnaround time between launches in the company’s history, which previously had been about a week. The company added that this is also, to its knowledge, the first time a single launch operator carried out two launches in different hemispheres within 24 hours.<\/p>

\u201cThat\u2019s unprecedented capability in the small launch market and one we\u2019re immensely proud to deliver at Rocket Lab,\u201d Peter Beck, chief executive of Rocket Lab, said in a statement.<\/p>

With these two launches, Rocket Lab has conducted 14 Electron launches so far this year. While the company originally projected as many as 22 launches this year, Beck said in a Nov. 12 earnings call<\/a> that the company was maintaining revised guidance of 15 to 18 Electron launches for the year. \u201cThe customers are looking good, so I think we\u2019ll be within that range,\u201d he said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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