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| Attribute | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 🇳🇿 New Zealand Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Alcantara Launch Center 🇧🇷 Brazil Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | Rocket Lab | Brazilian Air Force (FAB) / Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB) |
| Ownership | Private | Government |
| Region | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Launch pads | 2 (LC-1A, LC-1B)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | 1 (CLA mobile launch vehicle; VLM-1 pad under development)as of [1] |
| Annual launches | 10–12 (Electron)as of [1] | 0–1 (first orbital launch pending)as of [1]Sounding rockets operational; VLM-1 orbital debut targeted 2027 |
| Max payload (LEO) | 320 kg to 500 km SSO (Electron)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | ~150 kg to SSO (VLM-1 target)as of [1]Near-equatorial location (2.3°S) provides ~460 m/s velocity bonus for GTO missions |
| First operational launch | 2017-05-25as of [1]'It's a Test' vehicle — test flight lost; first successful orbital 2018-01-21 | 1990-11-21as of [1]VS-30 sounding rocket; first orbital attempt VLS-1 1997 (pad explosion); new era with VLM-1 |
| Regulatory regime | New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA) under Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017; bilateral TSA with U.S. | AEB regulatory framework; 2019 U.S.–Brazil Technology Safeguards Agreement enables U.S.-origin payload launches |
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