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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 54 Launch pad(s) 2 LC-1A launch history Status Active ...
A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and sites under construction are not included in the main tabulation, but may appear in condensed lists under the tables.
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.
The site consists of two launch pads, [212] a vehicle integration facility, and a range control center. [213] It was designed to support the company's Electron launch vehicle, which is optimized for small satellite launches. [214] The company originally planned to use Kaitorete Spit as their primary launch site and Mahia Peninsula as a ...
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Mahia, LC-1A: Electron: 594 × 586 km × 70.0° [146] Technology Entered service, presumed active First Rocket Lab Electron launch, first launch from outside the United States (New Zealand), and first launch procured under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program. Flew on Rocket Lab's "Birds of a Feather" mission. L-153
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 1, a deactivated US Air Force launch site; Kourou ELA-1, a former Ariane launch complex now used by Vega rockets; Point Arguello Launch Complex 1, now part of Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3; Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Spaceport, Ahuriri Point, Mahia Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand