Watch Live, Stream: Rocket Lab to Launch $25 Million Military Test Satellite For DARPA

Watch Live, Stream: Rocket Lab to Launch $25 Million Military Test Satellite For DARPA

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The company Rocket Lab has been trying to launch a mission for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for days, but the weather has been uncooperative.

Thursday another launch window was set to open for the launch of the 150g satellite for the Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration or R3D2 mission. That satellite will carry a new membrane reflectarray antenna that packs up small and then expands once it’s in space. It should reach about 2.25 meters once it’s fully deployed, meaning a smaller antenna can be used back on Earth for communications, according to DARPA.