Launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 (Mahia).

Rocket Lab's private commercial spaceport on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. The only private orbital launch site in the Southern Hemisphere. Hosts Electron rocket missions for commercial smallsat customers.

Tracked from orbit by NOAA GOES-18 (GOES-West, 137.2W). LaunchDetect confirms every launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 (Mahia) within 30 to 90 seconds of ignition from independent thermal infrared satellite imagery.

Spaceport facts

LocationSouth Pacific (New Zealand)
CountryNZ
Latitude-39.2628°
Longitude177.8644°
OperatorsRocket Lab
Active vehiclesElectron
LaunchDetect satelliteNOAA GOES-18 (GOES-West, 137.2W)
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