Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)

Launch information

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Mission description

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

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)’.

Launch image Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Aug. 4, 2022, 5 a.m.

Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

NROL-199 (RASR-4) (LEO)

Launcher

Rocket Lab

Rocket

Electron

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
53352 USA 335 LEO 70.0 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6276

To this date

Location Launch

#29

To this date

Pad Launch

#3

To this date

Agency Launch

#29

To this date

Orbital Launch

#94

Year 2022

Location Launch

#6

Year 2022

Pad Launch

#3

Year 2022

Agency Launch

#6

Year 2022

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Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch the 29th Electron mission on August 2 at 05:00 UTC. NROL-199 will launch from Launch Complex-1B (LC-1B) at Rocket Lab’s launch facility on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand.

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