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    Rights: Rocket Lab Published 24 August 2017 Size: 94 KB Referencing Hub media

    Rocket Lab CEO and Chief Technical Officer Peter Beck stands next to an Electron rocket. The Electron rocket is 17 metres long and 1.2 metres in diameter. 

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