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Rocket Lab’s big ‘It’s Business Time’ launch targets this weekend for takeoff

Upstart launch provider Rocket Labaims to finally launch its first fully commercial payload to orbit this weekend after months of delays. The small Electron rocket will take six satellites from four companies to orbit as early as tomorrow evening Pacific time — Sunday afternoon at the company’s launch site in New Zealand.
“It’s Business Time,” as this launch is called, in honor of being the first to carry a full load of paying customers, was originally scheduled for
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