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Rocket Lab launches tracking satellite

Posted: Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a satellite Oct. 7 that will collect wildlife tracking and other sensor data. An Electron rocket lifted off the company's New Zealand launch site at 1:09 pm EDT (1709 GMT) and placed the GAzelle satellite into orbit nearly an hour later. GAzelle, built by General Atomics, carries the Argos-4 instrument that is part of the Argos program led by the US and France. Argos payloads collect and relay data from wildlife trackers and other sensors. The launch was the eighth Electron mission this year, and Rocket Lab said it would continue a monthly cadence of launches through the end of the year. That includes the first Electron launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in December.