Reports have come in that the Atea 1 rocket will launch in the next half hour.
The launch was delayed earlier in the day due to a technical malfunction.
A helicopter was dispatched from the launch site at Great Mercury Island to Whitianga to pick up another hydraulic coupling from an engineering supplier.
The coupling malfunctioned at the morning launch, with the leaking freezing nitrogen oxide effectively sticking the Atea-1 rocket onto the launch pad as white vapour poured from it.
Watch extended video of the Atea team arriving by helicopter with the new part.
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