WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft March 5 for a confidential customer, most likely Earth observation company BlackSky.
Rocket Lab announced the launch only five hours before liftoff.
An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 6:53 p.m. Eastern on a mission the company called "Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed. " The company declared the launch a success a little more than an hour later.
