Rocket Lab successfully launched the first set of satellites for a French startup June 20 on the 50th flight of its Electron rocket.

The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 2:13 p.m. Eastern, carrying five Internet of Things (IoT) satellites for French company Kinéis. Those satellites were deployed from the Electron’s kick stage about an hour later into orbits at an altitude 635 kilometers and inclination of 98 degrees.

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