Rocket Lab launched a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, or NRO, from Launch Complex 2 in Wallops, Virginia. The NROL-123 mission, called ‘Live and Let Fly’, was launched on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle at 03:25 EDT on March 21. The mission was Rocket Lab’s first launch for the NRO from the United States after previously launching four NRO missions from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. It was also Rocket Lab’s fouth mission from Launch Complex 2 within Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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