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New Zealand comprises many islands, though the North and South Islands are the largest. North Island, visible on the right, is home to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, which lies on the hills and shore around the bay in the extreme south of the island.
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.
For its first launch of 2022, Rocket Lab is sending to orbit a StriX satellite for Japanese company Synspective via an Electron rocket this afternoon, and you can watch it take off right here.
Awarua Satellite Ground Station (formerly Awarua Tracking Station) is an Earth station built initially to support the European Space Agency Ariane 5 ES ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) launch campaigns. It was established by Venture Southland in 2007.
Pages in category "Satellites of New Zealand" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Humanity Star; K.
New Zealand entrepreneur Peter Beck said his space firm Rocket Lab was the result of a lifelong quest for signs of life outside earth, as the startup hit a new milestone with a Nasdaq listing on ...
True color image of the Earth from space. This image is a composite image collected over 16 days by the MODIS sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite. NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019.