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A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle is readied for lift off from the company’s Launch Complex-1 (LC-1) in Mahia, New Zealand, as part of the U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) VICTUS HAZE mission, June 19, 2026. VICTUS HAZE is a multi-launch, multi-vehicle mission designed to demonstrate the Nation’s capability to rapidly acquire, launch, and operate space vehicles on operationally relevant timelines in response to urgent on-orbit threats. Following launch, the mission will transition into an on-orbit focus placing operationally relevant systems through realistic rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) threat response scenarios. (Photo courtesy of Rocket Lab)
| Date Taken: | 06.19.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.22.2026 16:13 |
| Photo ID: | 9765532 |
| VIRIN: | 260619-X-X0813-1001 |
| Resolution: | 5272x3948 |
| Size: | 4.65 MB |
| Location: | NZ |
| Web Views: | 6 |
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