Live & Let Fly

Live & Let Fly

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Mission Name: Live & Let Fly
Rocket: Electron
Launch Date: 21 March 2024
Launch Site: Launch Complex 2, Wallops, Virginia
Launch Time: 2:40 am EDT

Mission Overview

The NROL-123 mission, called ‘Live and Let Fly’will be 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 will be Rocket Lab’s 4th mission from Launch Complex 2, a dedicated pad for the Electron rocket located at Virginia Spaceport Authority's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia 

The ‘Live and Let Fly’ launch service was acquired using NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract. RASR enables the NRO to explore new opportunities for launching small satellites through a streamlined, commercial approach. NRO missions provide critical information to more than a half-million government users, including every member of the Intelligence Community, two dozen domestic agencies, the military, lawmakers, and decision makers.  

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