After a second stage failure, Rocket Lab loses seven satellites

From arstechnica.com

The Pics Or It Didn't Happen mission lifts off.

On Sunday morning, local time in New Zealand, Rocket Lab launched its 13th mission. The booster’s first stage performed normally, but just as the second stage neared an altitude of 200km, something went wrong and the vehicle was lost.

In the immediate aftermath of the failure, the company did not provide any additional information about the problem that occurred with the second stage.

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