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Space.com[3] gives liftoff 'Sunday (Jan. 21) at 2:43 p.m. local time (0143 GMT)' from Launch Complex 1; CompositesWorld[5] and Defense Daily[4] both say Electron reached orbit on Jan. 21, and Engadget's[1] story is stamped Jan. 21, 2018.On 21 January 2018 Rocket Lab's Electron lifted off from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula, reached orbit and deployed three customer satellites on only its second flight.
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