Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | Wise One Looks Ahead (NROL-162)’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: July 13, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
NROL-162 (RASR-3) (LEO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
Rocket Lab |
Rocket |
Electron |
Location |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand |
Pad |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A |
Type |
Government/Top Secret |
Orbit |
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) |
Satellites on-board
Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | Wise One Looks Ahead (NROL-162)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.
Launch statistics
Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | Wise One Looks Ahead (NROL-162)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.
Orbital Launch
#6264
To this date
Location Launch
#28
To this date
Pad Launch
#26
To this date
Agency Launch
#28
To this date
Orbital Launch
#82
Year 2022
Location Launch
#5
Year 2022
Pad Launch
#3
Year 2022
Agency Launch
#5
Year 2022
Latest news about the launch
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Rocket Lab launches first of two back-to-back missions for NRO
Rocket Lab launched its 28th Electron rocket on the “Wise One Looks Ahead” mission, also designated National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-162. NROL-162 is the first of two back-to-back Electron missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)....
NRO space missions mark new level of US-Australia cooperation
Two upcoming Rocket Lab launches for the National Reconnaissance Office will send to orbit classified spy satellites that the U.S. intelligence agency developed jointly with the Australian government.
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