https://spacewatch.global/tag/harbinger/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 07 May 2019 05:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/harbinger/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/switzerlands-ruag-space-provided-satellite-separation-system-for-rocket-labs-electron-slv/ Tue, 07 May 2019 05:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13927 Switzerland's RUAG Space provided the microsatellite separation system to Rocket Lab's Electron Launch Vehicle. The 15 inch system serves as an adapter between satellite and rocket, and ensures a smooth separation in orbit. The first Electron launch with this particular separation system was used on the recent 5 May 2019 Electron launch from the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-three-satellites-for-u-s-air-force-from-new-zealand/ Mon, 06 May 2019 05:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13870 A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 06:00 UTC, Sunday 5 May 2019 (18:00 NZST). The STP-27RD mission launched three research and development satellites for the DoD Space Test Program that will demonstrate advanced space technologies, including a satellite to evaluate new ways of tracking space debris.]]>