Watch Rocket Lab send its first commercial rocket to space

The private space race is heating up.

U.S. and New Zealand spaceflight company Rocket Lab successfully completed its first commercial launch called “It’s Business Time” on Sunday, sending seven payloads to orbit.

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula at 4:50 p.m., shortly reaching orbit afterward.

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Source: Mashable | Watch Rocket Lab send its first commercial rocket to space