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April 14, 2019 at 7:00
Rocket Lab, a rocket propulsion company backed by investors from Silicon Valley, has launched a batch of 13 tiny probes from New Zealand to study the space.
The Electron rocket took off Sunday night from the world's only private orbital launch pad on the Mahia Peninsula, carrying a payload of 10 cm (3.9 inch) cube-shaped search satellites.
The tiny satellites, called "CubeSats", will collect data on phenomena such as radiation belts or autonomous movement in space for a group of universities and the United States (NASA).
NASA's mission has been named the launch of nanosatellites or "ELaNa-19".
Rocket Lab's successful launch of a rocket that deployed satellites in January, after years of preparation, was a milestone in the global commercial race to eliminate financial and logistical barriers to space.
Sunday's launch was the company's second commercial launch after sending a commercial payload of seven satellites on Nov. 11.
If this mission is a success, it plans to increase its activity in 2019, with a goal of 16 missions.
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