Aspera

Name: Aspera
Start: 2027-01-29
Location: Unknown Pad

Electron, Rocket Lab

Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launch time

No earlier than

NET Fri 29 Jan 2027

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Source updated Thu 13 Aug, 16:29 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:12 CEST

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No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTC.

Thu 13 Aug 2026, 14:29 UTCLL2 update
NET January 29.
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Wed 1 Jul 2026, 14:46 UTCLL2 update
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Mission

Aspera on Electron from Unknown Pad. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

Aspera houses an ultraviolet telescope and will examine hot gas in the intergalactic medium, thought to be contributing to the birth of stars and planets. Aspera will be the first NASA astrophysics mission to gather and map these ultraviolet light signatures, potentially unlocking a deeper understanding of the origins of stars, planets, and life in the universe.

Mission type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket file imagery

The light of an Electron launch rises above a water tower and an illuminated exhaust cloud at night. — File imagery: Virginia is for Launch Lovers, 24 January 2023. Electron lifting off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops.
Credit: NASA/Danielle Johnson · Public domain (NASA) · Source

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Launch pad

Unknown Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (NZ)

Coordinates: -39.260881, 177.865826