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Josh Dinner

Rocket Lab aims for Dec. 13 Electron launch, 1st since failure in September

White coat lab workers carry a pain of glass near a golf-cart-sized satellite in a Rocket Lab branded white room.

Rocket Lab is gearing up for the next flight of its Electron small-satellite launch vehicle. 

The mission will fly a spacecraft known as "The Moon God Awakens" for Japan-based company iQPS, which has plans for a constellation of Earth-imaging satellites. This will be the 42nd launch for the Electron rocket, which has been grounded since September when a malfunction led to the loss of a mission payload during a launch. 

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