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[[File:Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1.jpg|thumb|Ahuriri Point and [[Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1]]]] |
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'''Ahuriri Point''' is the southernmost point of the [[Māhia Peninsula]], in the northern [[Hawke's Bay Region|Hawke's Bay]] Region of [[New Zealand]]'s eastern [[North Island]].<ref>{{LINZ|56962||2009-03-17}}</ref> [[Portland Island (New Zealand)|Portland Island]] lies 1200 metres to the south of Ahuriri Point. |
'''Ahuriri Point''' is the southernmost point of the [[Māhia Peninsula]], in the northern [[Hawke's Bay Region|Hawke's Bay]] Region of [[New Zealand]]'s eastern [[North Island]].<ref>{{LINZ|56962||2009-03-17}}</ref> [[Portland Island (New Zealand)|Portland Island]] lies 1200 metres to the south of Ahuriri Point. |
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==Rocket range== |
==Rocket range== |
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The [[Rocket Lab]] company has set up their [[Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1|Launch Complex 1]] close to Ahuriri Point to launch |
The [[Rocket Lab]] company has set up their [[Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1|Launch Complex 1]] close to Ahuriri Point to launch their [[Electron (rocket)|Electron]] rocket. Test launches of the Electron started in 2017. During regular operations, it is used as a commercial launcher of small satellites in the range of 300-500 pounds, and miniature satellites called [[CubeSat]]s.<ref>[http://www.space.com/32620-rocket-lab-plans-electron-test-launches-planned.html Rocket Lab Plans Electron Test Launches This Year]. Jeff Foust, ''Space News''. 19 April 2016.</ref> New Zealand's first orbital space launch took place from Launch Complex 1 on 21 January 2018. |
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Latest revision as of 21:30, 14 July 2024
Ahuriri Point is the southernmost point of the Māhia Peninsula, in the northern Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's eastern North Island.[1] Portland Island lies 1200 metres to the south of Ahuriri Point.
Rocket range
[edit]The Rocket Lab company has set up their Launch Complex 1 close to Ahuriri Point to launch their Electron rocket. Test launches of the Electron started in 2017. During regular operations, it is used as a commercial launcher of small satellites in the range of 300-500 pounds, and miniature satellites called CubeSats.[2] New Zealand's first orbital space launch took place from Launch Complex 1 on 21 January 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ "Place name detail: Ahuriri Point". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
- ^ Rocket Lab Plans Electron Test Launches This Year. Jeff Foust, Space News. 19 April 2016.
39°15′53″S 177°51′52″E / 39.2648°S 177.8644°E
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