NROL-199 (RASR-4)

Electron's "Antipodean Adventure" mission carried the classified NROL-199 payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office, launching from Mahia, New Zealand, with Australia's Department of Defence also a partner on the satellite — Rocket Lab's fourth mission for the NRO.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

100 kg (est.)

Flight

29th

of 89 Electron flights

Date and time

4 August 2022, 05:00 UTC

Rocket

Electron

Builder

Rocket Lab

Launch site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-091

Launches in 2022

94th of 186

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