🇳🇿New Zealand Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt attributed to New Zealand, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. Country is the launching state of the pad.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
New Zealand made 78 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2017 and 2026. Of those, 74 succeeded and 4 failed. The success rate comes to 95 percent. The busiest year was 2025, with 17 launches. New Zealand has launched 9 times in 2026 so far.
78
Launch attempts
74
Successes
4
Failures
95%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Launch sites
Counts for each GCAT launch site attributed to New Zealand.
Recent launches
The most recent launches attributed to New Zealand, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Vehicle | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | 2026-146 | 91 : Strix-8 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Jun 19, 2026 | 2026-142 | 90 : VICTUS HAZE Puma | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| May 22, 2026 | 2026-112 | 88 : Strix-7 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 2026-088 | 87 : Mono-Nikko, Tigris, WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II +6 more, ARICA-2, OrigamiSat-2, PRELUDE, KOSEN-2R, FSI-SAT2, Piscis | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 2026-065 | 85 : Celeste IOD-2, Celeste IOD-1 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 2026-056 | 84 : StriX-6 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 2026-043 | 83 : BlackSky Global Gen 3-4 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 2026-019 | 81 : Neonsat-1A | Electron | MAHIA | Success |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 2026-015 | 80 : Open Constellation | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Dec 21, 2025 | 2025-307 | 79 : QPS-SAR-15 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Dec 14, 2025 | 2025-297 | 77 : RAISE-4 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025-267 | 76 : BlackSky Global Gen 3-3 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 2025-252 | 74 : QPS-SAR-14 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 2025-229 | 73 : StriX-5 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Aug 23, 2025 | 2025-185 | 70 : Calistus C, Calistus B, Unk Sat 5 +4 more, Calistus E, Calistus D, Unk Sat 4, Calistus A | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 2025-169 | 69 : QPS-SAR-12 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 2025-140 | 68 : Lyra 1-04 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 2025-138 | 67 : Kestrel-0A, Hawk 12A, Hawk 12B +1 more, Hawk 12C | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 2025-125 | 66 : QPS-SAR-11 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Jun 2, 2025 | 2025-118 | 65 : BlackSky Global Gen 3-2 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| May 17, 2025 | 2025-104 | 64 : QPS-SAR-10 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Mar 26, 2025 | 2025-061 | 63 : Lemur-2 Langer2Space, Lemur-2 Krempel-Bro1, Lemur-2 TillInfinity +5 more, Lemur-2 Neurospicy, Lemur-2 Thermoraptor, Lemur-2 Krempel-Bro2, Lemur-2 Esperanza, Lemur-2 Untitled-SC | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 2025-056 | 62 : Kineis-4B, Kineis-4A, Kineis-4D +2 more, Kineis-4C, Kineis-4E | Electron | MAHIA / LC1A | Success |
| Mar 15, 2025 | 2025-050 | 61 : QPS-SAR-9 | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 2025-033 | 60 : BlackSky Global Gen 3-1, BlackSky Global | Electron | MAHIA / LC1B | Success |
Showing the latest 25 of 78 launches.