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Watch: Rocket Lab launches satellites from Māhia Peninsula

June 29, 2019

Rocket Lab has launched its seventh Electron rocket from the Māhia Peninsula this afternoon.

The mission, dubbed Make it Rain, carried seven satellites in a rideshare mission with Seattle's Spaceflight.

The launch is the third Rocket Lab mission to take-off from Launch Complex 1 this year.

Watch the captivating moment the Make it Rain mission took off in the video above.

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