Rocket Lab completes 99th Electron launch, deploying Japanese SAR satellite

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(Telecompaper) Rocket Lab has completed its 99th Electron launch, deploying a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite for Japanese operator Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). The mission, named 'The Sea God Surveys', lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, on 3 November, placing the WADATSUMI-II satellite into a 575 km low Earth orbit...