All About Space

Payload module

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Once the second-stage thrusters are fired, the clamshell halves separate to release the satellite at the tip of the rocket. It’s capable of placing 300 kilograms into a Sun-synchronou­s orbit or 500 kilograms into low-Earth orbit.

Second stage

The final, less powerful thruster will fire the second stage to orbit, with NewtonFour delivering 22 kilonewton­s of thrust.

First stage

Once reaching a 9,100metre (30,000-foot) altitude, the NewtonThre­e rocket will fire its pump-fed liquidfuel rocket engine. The NewtonThre­e engine produces 330 kilonewton­s of thrust.

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