Aerospace company Rocket Lab has confirmed its first fully-commercial rocket launch will take off from Mahia in just a few weeks.
The United States-based orbital launch provider confirmed its next launch will be a fully-commercial flight to put two Lemur-2 cubesats into orbit for launch customer Spire Global.
Those would be used to provide commercial ship-tracking and weather monitoring services.
Rocket Lab would confirm a full launch manifest in coming weeks.
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The flight's name was put to a vote on social media, with "It's Business Time" coming out as a clear fan favorite and a continuation of company's previous flight names, "It's a Test" and "Still Testing".
Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck said "It's Business Time" highlighted Rocket Lab's agile approach to responsive space.