because carrying more mass translates to a higher fuel requirement to lift the craft off the ground. The SABRE, in contrast, is a hybrid air-breathing rocket engine capable of reaching Mach 5.

Rocket Lab will launch a private radar imaging ... for the Japan-based Earth-imaging company iQPS is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site today, during a two-hour window ...

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