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Rocket Lab to launch orbital debris removal mission for Astroscale - The 2023 mission will launch from LC-1, in New Zealand. After launch, the ADRAS-J will rendezvous with an abandoned upper stage rocket to take images and gather observational data to plan later de-orbiting.


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