flown by Rocket Lab USA

"Birds of a Feather"

Success
JAN 31202002:56:00 UTC

Electron carried NROL-151, a reconnaissance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, on the first mission flown under the NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program, a competitively awarded contract for commercial small-satellite launches. Four more RASR missions followed before the program closed out with NROL-123 in 2024.

launched from LC-1A Mahia

aboard Electron into LEO

Broadcast

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Payload

USA-294 (RASR-1)

Reconnaissance

last updated Oct 7, 2026