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Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand [9:25]
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| September 19, 2026
| VideoFromSpace
Posted on 09/19/2026 10:56:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
An Electron rocket launched a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft for the Tokyo-based company Synspective from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Sept. 18, 2026 at 11:22 p.m. EDT (0322 GMT and 3:22 p.m. local time on Sept. 19).
Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand | 9:25
VideoFromSpace | 2.14M subscribers | 5,187 views | September 19, 2026

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: japan; newzealand; rocketlab; videofromspace
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posted on
09/19/2026 10:56:18 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
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posted on
09/19/2026 10:56:39 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
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09/19/2026 11:06:31 AM PDT
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Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
To: SunkenCiv
Would “earth-observing” be anything like spy-satellite?
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09/19/2026 11:21:09 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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