6 Jul 2020

Rocket Lab won't know what went wrong for some time

From Midday Report, 12:18 pm on 6 July 2020

Rocket Lab won't know what caused their rocket to fail yesterday until a full investigation is completed, but it will not launch another mission until those answers are found.

The ground crew lost connection with the rocket, which was carrying seven satellites, several minutes after it launched.

Rocket Lab founder, Peter Beck, told Māni Dunlop their pride is a bit wounded after so many successful missions.

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