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Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today

Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit todayWorldPing

Rocket Lab will launch its ninth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this morning (Aug. 20), and you can watch the action live.

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