Rocket Lab Electron Launch Scheduled for 2:40 a.m. Thursday

March 20, 2024
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Rocket Lab Launch Update: NROL-123 ‘Live & Let Fly’

Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission is scheduled for lift-off from Wallops, Virginia at 2:40 a.m. Thursday morning.. Here’s everything you need to know.

Mission Name: Live and Let Fly (also designated NROL-123)

Customer: National Reconnaissance Office. The mission of Live and Let Fly has not. Been defined.

Launch Site: Launch Complex 2, NASA Wallops Flight Facility at Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops, Virginia. This will be our 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.

None of the normal watch locations will be open for the launch. The launch will be visable throughout the Eastern Shore.

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