Active 🇳🇿New Zealand
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
A launch pad at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.41 launches have flown from it since February 2022, 40 of 41 successfully.
Launches
41
Success rate
97.6% 40/41
Failures
1
First flight
2022-02-28
Latest flight
2026-09-26
Busiest year
2024 12 flights
Fastest turnaround
6d 21h 17m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 39.2628° S
177.8645° E - Status
- Active
- Country
- New Zealand
- Pad operator
- Rocket Lab
- LL2 pad tally
- 41 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
1 typeLaunches per year
decided flights2022Peak 2024, 12 launches2026
Orbits delivered
4 destinationsLow Earth Orbit 24Sun-Synchronous Orbit 14Polar Orbit 2Lunar Orbit 1
Flight record
41 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-26 | Electron | Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-09-19 | Electron | Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-09-02 | Electron | Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-08-20 | Electron | The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-06-26 | Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-05-22 | Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-03-20 | Electron | Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-12-21 | Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-12-14 | Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-11-05 | Electron | The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-08-05 | Electron | The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-06-28 | Electron | Symphony In The Stars (EchoStar Lyra-4) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-06-02 | Electron | Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-03-26 | Electron | Finding Hot Wildfires Near You (OroraTech OTC-P1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-03-15 | Electron | The Lightning God Reigns (iQPS Launch 1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-02-18 | Electron | Fasten Your Space Belts (BlackSky Gen-3 1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2024-12-21 | Electron | Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-11-25 | Electron | Ice AIS Baby (Kinéis 11-15) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-11-05 | Electron | Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-08-11 | Electron | A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2024-08-02 | Electron | Owl for One, One for Owl (StriX Launch 5) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2024-06-20 | Electron | No Time Toulouse (Kinéis 1-5) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-06-05 | Electron | PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 2024-05-25 | Electron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 2024-04-23 | Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-03-12 | Electron | Owl Night Long (StriX-3) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-02-18 | Electron | On Closer Inspection (ADRAS-J) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-01-31 | Electron | Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2023-12-15 | Electron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2023-09-19 | Electron | We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 2023-08-23 | Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2023-07-18 | Electron | Baby Come Back (Rideshare) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2023-05-26 | Electron | Coming To A Storm Near You (TROPICS-3) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2023-05-08 | Electron | Rocket Like A Hurricane (TROPICS-2) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2023-03-24 | Electron | The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2022-11-04 | Electron | Catch Me If You Can (MATS) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2022-10-07 | Electron | It Argos Up From Here (Argos-4) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2022-09-15 | Electron | The Owl Spreads Its Wings (StriX-1) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2022-08-04 | Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2022-06-28 | Electron | CAPSTONE | Electron | Rocket Lab | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 2022-02-28 | Electron | The Owl’s Night Continues (StriX-β) | Electron | Rocket Lab | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.