Milestone 1: arrival in New Zealand

The two satellites – developed by GMV and Thales Alenia Space – were transported first from Madrid, Spain and L’Aquila, Italy, respectively, to Berlin where they were integrated in their launcher interface pod at the Exolaunch premises. They then landed separately in New Zealand, with IOD-1 arriving on 20 February and IOD-2 arriving on 3 March, marking the official start of the launch campaign.

After landing, both satellites were transferred by road from the Auckland airport to Rocket Lab’s Māhia Launch Complex.