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Rocket Lab launch scheduled for 11am Thursday

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Rocket Lab’s 53rd Electron mission is scheduled for lift-off at 11am on Thursday from the Onenui Station launch complex at Māhia. 

The mission has been named Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star. 

Its payload involves five satellites to build out the Kinéis IoT constellation connectivity. 

A live webcast will be available 20 minutes before lift-off on YouTube. 

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