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Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)

Electron

Rocket Lab

Launch Status
Success

Mission

NROL-199 (RASR-4)

Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $6,000,000

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Trajectory

The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.

Mission patch for NROL-199 (RASR-4)

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

38 rockets have launched from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Agency

Rocket Lab – RL

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: RL
  • Administration: CEO: Peter Beck
  • Founded: 2006
  • Launchers: Electron
  • Country: USA

Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. Electron currently launches from only Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand however a second launch complex in the US is under development.

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