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🚀 Space tourism
New Zealand: the private spaceport
New Zealand's space appeal is quietly private and gloriously remote. Rocket Lab's complex on the wild Mahia Peninsula is the world's first private orbital launch site, dispatching Electron rockets toward the small-satellite market from a windswept clifftop. The site itself is secured, but the coastal drive, beaches and lookouts make the region a destination in its own right. Pair it with Wellington's Space Place at Carter Observatory, a planetarium with a historic…
With Rocket Lab and its launch pad on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand has quietly risen in the small-launch race.
Māhia is home to the world's first private orbital launch site, operated by Rocket Lab.
See the Māhia region and its coastal scenery. With a data eSIM, plan the drive, translate and keep your maps offline.
Visit Mahia for the coastal scenery and check Rocket Lab's schedule; clear winter nights suit dark-sky stargazing. With a data eSIM, plan the drive, translate and keep your maps offline in remote stretches.
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