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01-24-2018, 09:53 PM
A satellite secretly launched by a little rocket is expected to be 'the brightest thing in the night sky'
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This was unexpected.*
On Wednesday, the New Zealand rocket company Rocket Lab announced that it launched (http://mashable.com/2018/01/21/rocket-lab-second-test-flight/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) a secret satellite to space aboard the test flight of its Electron rocket over the weekend.*
That satellite, known as the Humanity Star, "is expected to become the brightest thing in the night sky," Rocket Lab said in a statement.
SEE ALSO: Space startup Rocket Lab successfully sent a rocket to orbit (http://mashable.com/2018/01/21/rocket-lab-second-test-flight/)
The Humanity Star is shaped like a geodesic sphere and is designed to spin around and around, catching the light of the sun and reflecting it back down onto Earth.*
Of course, Rocket Lab will need to wait for actual sightings of the satellite from the ground in order to confirm that it's working as expected. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/24/rocket-lab-humanity-star-satellite-brightest-object/)
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This was unexpected.*
On Wednesday, the New Zealand rocket company Rocket Lab announced that it launched (http://mashable.com/2018/01/21/rocket-lab-second-test-flight/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) a secret satellite to space aboard the test flight of its Electron rocket over the weekend.*
That satellite, known as the Humanity Star, "is expected to become the brightest thing in the night sky," Rocket Lab said in a statement.
SEE ALSO: Space startup Rocket Lab successfully sent a rocket to orbit (http://mashable.com/2018/01/21/rocket-lab-second-test-flight/)
The Humanity Star is shaped like a geodesic sphere and is designed to spin around and around, catching the light of the sun and reflecting it back down onto Earth.*
Of course, Rocket Lab will need to wait for actual sightings of the satellite from the ground in order to confirm that it's working as expected. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/24/rocket-lab-humanity-star-satellite-brightest-object/)
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