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| Attribute | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 🇳🇿 New Zealand Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Etlaq Spaceport 🇴🇲 Oman Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | Rocket Lab | National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM) |
| Ownership | Private | Private |
| Region | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 🇴🇲 Oman |
| Launch pads | 2 (LC-1A, LC-1B)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — |
| Annual launches | 10–12 (Electron)as of [1] | 1-5 (experimental) |
| Max payload (LEO) | 320 kg to 500 km SSO (Electron)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | — |
| First operational launch | 2017-05-25as of [1]'It's a Test' vehicle — test flight lost; first successful orbital 2018-01-21 | 2024-12-04as of [1]Duqm-1 experimental suborbital launch — first from a MENA commercial spaceport |
| Regulatory regime | New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA) under Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017; bilateral TSA with U.S. | Oman Civil Aviation Authority — Civil Aviation Directive CAD 5-01 (October 2025): evidence-based safety case, launch-window approvals in as little as 45 days, no annual cap per provider or spaceport |
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