Rocket Lab successfully launched a satellite within 17 hours of receiving notice from the Space Force as part of its Victus Haze Tactically Responsive Space mission, the company announced. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launched a Pioneer spacecraft Friday from the company’s launch complex in New Zealand. Along with System Delta 89 Space Safari, Rocket Lab will complete checkout for the satellite before continuing onto the next phase of Victus Haze: a rendezvous and proximity operations mission with a previously launched...