NEW ZEALAND LAUNCH RECORD (2009 to present) Date Launch Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^30 Nov 09 Atea-1 Manu Karere (120 km alt.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^13 Nov 12 VLM F1 Test Flight 1 (9.1 km alt.) ^28 Nov 12 VLM F2 Test Flight 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *25 May 17 Electron F1 It's A Test (Test Mass Model) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Jan 18 Electron/KS F1 Still Testing (Dove Pioneer (Dove 0F1C), Lemur-2 72/73 (Tallhamn-ATC, Marshall), Humanity Star) ^ 7 Oct 18 Into The Blue Test Flight 1 (5524 m) 11 Nov 18 Electron/KS F2 It’s Business Time (CICERO 10 (Tyvak 0086), IRVINE 01, Lemur-2 82/83 (Zupanski, Chanusiak), NABEO (Pride of Bavaria, ADEO-N), Proxima I/II) ^10 Dec 18 Into The Blue Test Flight 2 (4716 m) 16 Dec 18 Electron/KS F3 This One’s For Pickering (VCLS 1/ELaNa XIX (ALBus, CeREs, CHOMPTT, CubeSail 1/2, DaVinci, ISX (CP11), NMTSat, RSat-P, Shields 1, STF 1), SHFT 1 (Goergen), TOMSat Eagle Scout (AeroCube 11A), TOMSat R3 (AeroCube 11B))) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3 Feb 19 Into The Blue Test Flight 3 (9.5 km, airbrakes failed to deploy) - 2 Mar 19 Into The Black Test Flight 1 (~9 km, 2nd stage electronics failure) 28 Mar 19 Electron/KS F4 Two Thumbs Up (R3D2) 5 May 19 Electron/KS F5 That's A Funny Looking Cactus (STP-27RD (SPARC 1, Falcon ODE, Harbinger (ICEYE X3))) 29 Jun 19 Electron/KS F6 Make It Rain (Spaceflight 1 (ACRUX 1, BlackSky 3 (BlackSky Global 3), Painani 1, Prometheus B2 (2.7/2.9), SpaceBEE 8/9)) 19 Aug 19 Electron/KS F7 Look Ma, No Hands (Spaceflight 2 (BlackSky 4 (BlackSky Global 4), Pearl White 1/2), BRO-ONE) 17 Oct 19 Electron/KS F8 As The Crow Flies (Palisade) 6 Dec 19 Electron/KS F9 Running Out Of Fingers (Alba Cluster 2 (ATL 1 (Magyar OSCAR 106, MO 106), Fossasat 1, NOOR 1A/1B (Unicorn 2B/2C), SMOG-P (TRSI Sat, Magyar OSCAR 105, MO 105)), ALE-2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Jan 20 Electron/KS F10 Birds Of A Feather (RASR 1 (NROL 151, USA 294)) 13 Jun 20 Electron/KS F11 Don’t Stop Me Now (ELaNa 32 (ANDESITE Mule, ANDESITE Node 1..8), RAAF M2 Pathfnder, RASR 2 (USA 301..303)) * 4 Jul 20 Electron/KS F12 Pics Or It Didn’t Happen (CE-SAT IB, Faraday 1, Flock 4e 1..5 (Dove 240E/240B/2411/2410/2418))) 31 Aug 20 Electron/PL F1 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical (Sequoia (Capella 2), First Light (Photon F1)) 28 Oct 20 Electron/KS F13 In Focus (CE-SAT IIB, Flock 4e' (Dove 225A/2279/2251 /227E/2276/2280/2262/2264/2441)) 20 Nov 20 Electron/KS F14 Return To Sender (APSS 1 (Te Waka Amiorangi o Aotearoa, QuakeTEC), BRO 2, BRO 3, CORVUS BC-5 (Landmapper BC-5), DRAGRACER A/B (Alchemy/Augury), Gnome Chompski, SpaceBEE 22..39, SpaceBEENZ 1..6) 15 Dec 20 Electron/KS F15 The Owl’s Night Begins (StriX-alpha) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Jan 21 Electron/KS F16 Another One Leaves The Crust (GMS-T) 22 Mar 21 Electron/PL F2 They Go Up So Fast (BlackSky 7 (BlackSky Global 9, RL-6), Centauri 3 (Tyvak 0210), Myriota 7 (Tyvak 0152), Pathstone (Photon F2), RAAF M2A/M2B, Gunsmoke-J 3 (Jacob's Ladder 3), Veery Hatchling v0.2 "Clay") *15 May 21 Electron/KS F17 Running Out of Toes (BlackSky 8/9 (BlackSky Global 10/11), RL-7) 29 Jul 21 Electron/KS F18 It's A Little Chile Up Here (STP-27RM (Monolith)) 18 Nov 21 Electron/KS F19 Love At First Insight (BlackSky 10/11 (BlackSky Global 14/15), RL-8) 9 Dec 21 Electron/KS F20 A Data With Destiny (BlackSky 14/15 (BlackSky Global 16/17, RL-9?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Feb 22 Electron/KS F21 The Owl's Night Continues (StriX-beta) 2 Apr 22 Electron/KS F22 Without Mission A Beat (BlackSky 16/17 (BlackSky Global 18/19?, RL-10?) 2 May 22 Electron/KS F23 There and Back Again (Alba Cluster (MyRadar 1, TRSI 2/3, Unicorn 2A), AuroraSat 1 (The Flying Object/PlasmaBrake), BRO 6, E-Space Demo 1..3, SpaceBEE 140..155, SpaceBEENZ 15..22, [Copia]) #28 Jun 22 Electron/PI F1 CAPSTONE # Jun 22 Electron/KS F24 ? Mid 22 Electron ACS3 22 Electron RASR 3 (NROL 162) 22 Electron RASR 4 (NROL 199) 22 Electron Archinaut 22 Electron StriX 22 Electron WISA Woodsat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 23 Electron Venus Life Finder 1 4qt 23 Electron/PL LOXSAT 1 23 Electron StriX 23 Electron ADRAS-J -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Electron Venus Life Finder 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change since beginning of month ^ Suborbital - Suborbital failure * Launch failure ACS3 Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ADRAS-J Active Debris Removal by Astroscale Japan ALBus Advance Electrical Bus ANDESITE Ad-Hoc Network Demonstration for Extended Satellite Based Inquiry and Other Team Endeavors APSS Auckland Programme for Space Systems ATL Advanced Technology of Laser BEE Basic Electronic Element BRO Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter CAPSTONE Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment CeREs Compact Radiation Belt Explorer CICERO Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remote Observation CHOMPTT CubeSat Handling Of Multisystem Precision Time Transfer ELaNa Educational Launch of Nanosatellite ELSA-d End-of-Life Services by Astroscale Demonstration ISX Ionospheric Scintillation Explorer KS Kick Stage MX Moon Express NABEO Nanosat Bremssegel Entfaltversuch Im Orbit NMTSat New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Satellite ODE Orbital Debris Experiment PI Photon Interplanetary PL Photon Low Earth Orbit R3D2 Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration RASR Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket RSat-P Repair Satellite Prototype SHFT Space Based High Frequency Testbed SPARC Space Plug and Play Architecture Research CubeSat STF Simulation To Flight STP Space Test Program 3 Testbed for Optical Missions Satellite VCLS Venture Class Launch Services VLM Viscous Liquid Monopropellant