Rocket Lab will be launching their Electron rocket with the Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) mission for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It will test a prototype reflective array antenna which is intended to improve radio communications in small spacecraft. The mission will launch from LC-1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.<br />
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Rocket Lab will be launching their Electron rocket with the Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) mission for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It will test a prototype reflective array antenna which is intended to improve radio communications in small spacecraft. The mission will launch from LC-1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.
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