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Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 Launch Complex 1 on Māhia Peninsula Location Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand Coordinates 39°15′39″S 177°51′57″E / 39.26085°S 177.86586°E / -39.26085; 177.86586 (Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1) Time zone UTC+12 (NZST) • Summer (DST) UTC+13 (NZDT [a]) Operator Rocket Lab Total launches 52 Launch pad(s) 2 LC-1A launch history Status Active ...
Māhia Peninsula (Māori: Te Māhia) [2] [3] is located on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, in the Hawke's Bay region, between the towns of Wairoa and Gisborne.. It includes Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1, located near Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of the Māhia Peninsula, for launching its Electron rockets.
Used for the first launch by Rocket Lab of their Atea 1 suborbital rocket. New Zealand: Mahia Peninsula: 2017– 42 [89] 13,000 kg [90] Lunar Launch site built and operated by Rocket Lab. First commercial spaceport in the southern hemisphere.
New Zealand’s Rocket Lab has been preparing for its sixth mission of the year. The prospective launch was slated to take off from Rocket Lab’s Complex 1 site on the Mahia Peninsula.
A launch service provider is a type of company that uses launch vehicles and related services provided by a Launch Agency, including furnishing the launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space. [1]
The successful mission set a new record for launch cadence for the New Zealand rocket launcher -- 12 launches in just over 10 months, versus 10 launches in 12 months in 2023.
Over the last 12 months, Rocket Lab generated $327 million in revenue. This is up over 500% in just three years. But what will drive the next leg of growth through 2030?
The New Zealand Space Agency was formed in April 2016 under the country's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.The aim of the agency is to promote the development of a space industry in New Zealand and to reap its economic benefits, [1] [2] and to regulate the country's growing commercial space industry.