Rocket Lab will try to launch its first commercial mission this month

Rocket Lab will try to launch its first commercial mission this month

This mission is called “It’s Business Time,” a cheeky change from the previous launches, “It’s a Test” and “Still Testing.” It will include payloads from Spire Global, which has a constellation of Earth-observing satellites in low orbit, and GeoOptics, Inc., an environmental data company. Technically, the company’s second launch had commercial payloads, but it was …