Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket first commercial launch, nicknamed “It’s Business Time”, was launched from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on 11 November 2018, at 03:00 UTC (16:00 NZDT). It’s Business Time launched two Lemur-2 satellites from Spire Global; a GeoOptics Inc. satellite, built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems; IRVINE01, an educational payload from the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program (ICSP); NABEO, a drag sail technology demonstrator designed and built by High Performance Space Structure Systems GmBH; two Proxima satellites from Fleet Space Technologies.

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