Make It Rain
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Name Origin
This name cleverly uses the idiom "make it rain" to signify the abundant delivery of multiple payloads for various customers on this rideshare mission, highlighting Rocket Lab's capacity to satisfy many needs at once.
Mission Overview
Rideshare mission for Spaceflight. Electron will launch seven spacecraft, including a commercial Earth-observing microsatellite for BlackSky, two CubeSats for U.S. Special Operations Command, a pair of tiny prototype data relay nodes for Swarm Technologies, a student-built payload from Australia called ACRUX-1, and a satellite whose identity and owner remain a secret. The mission is named "Make it Rain" in a nod to the high volume of rainfall in Seattle, where Spaceflight is headquartered, as well in New Zealand where Launch Complex 1 is located.
Technical Details
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