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| Attribute | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 🇳🇿 New Zealand Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| TiSPACE (Taiwanese Innovative Space Inc.) |
| Rocket Lab |
| Ownership | Private | Private |
| Region | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Launch pads | — | 2 (LC-1A, LC-1B)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0 | 10–12 (Electron)as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 320 kg to 500 km SSO (Electron)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2016 | 2017-05-25as of [1]'It's a Test' vehicle — test flight lost; first successful orbital 2018-01-21 |
| Regulatory regime | Taiwan National Space Organization (NSPO) under Ministry of Science and Technology; Taiwan Space Development Act (2022) sets domestic licensing framework | New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA) under Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017; bilateral TSA with U.S. |