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Space.com by Chelsea Gohd 5/1/2020

Rocket Lab has rolled out its Electron rocket to the company's new Virginia launch pad for the first time and aced a number of tests ahead of their first U.S. launch, which is scheduled for late 2020.

The space technology company's new pad, called Launch Complex 2, is located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island. The Rocket Lab team completed a short static-fire test with the rocket's nine first-stage engines and also completed tests to verify that all systems on the rocket and on the ground at the launch site were integrated correctly, the company said in an April 29 statement.

Rocket Lab also raised the Electron rocket to vertical on the pad, and completed power and communication checks.

More: https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-electron-booster-aces-virginia-launch-site-tests.html