Rocket Lab launches final 5 satellites for French 'Internet of Things' constellation

Rocket Lab launched the final five satellites for the French company Kinéis' "Internet of Things" constellation tonight (March 17). An Electron vehicle carrying five of Kinéis' "Internet of Things" spacecraft lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site today at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT and 2:31 p.m. local New Zealand time on March 18). The Electron deployed the five satellites into a circular orbit 404 miles (650 kilometers) above Earth about 66.5 minutes after liftoff as planned. More

(Source: Space.com - Mar 18)