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>[!success] Mission Success
Wise One Looks Ahead was the first of two back-to-back launches for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The Wise One Looks Ahead mission (NROL-162) lifted-off from Launch Complex 1’s Pad A at 06:30 UTC on July 13, 2022. The mission will be followed up with Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199) as early as July 22, 2022.
The NROL-162 and NROL-199 missions carry national security payloads designed, built, and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence as part of a broad range of cooperative satellite activities with Australia. The satellites will support the NRO to provide critical information to government agencies and decision makers monitoring international issues.
These twin missions are a demonstration of responsive launch under NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract for launching small satellite through a streamlined, commercial approach, and are the third and fourth missions contracted to Rocket Lab by the NRO under the contract. NROL-151 (RASR-1) was successfully deployed to space on a dedicated Electron launch in early 2020, followed by RASR-2 on another Electron launch in June 2020.
[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720301774032/)
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| **Mission Name** | Wise One Looks Ahead |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Launch Date** | 2022-07-13 06:30 |
| **Outcome** | ✅ Success |
| **Customer** | [[National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#LEO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 620 km | 40° |
| **Payload Mass** | Classified |
| **Recovery** | No Attempt |
| **Mission Link** | [Wise One Looks Ahead](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/wise-one-looks-ahead/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/Flight-28-Press-Kit-final.pdf) |
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## Launch Video
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## News
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| [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First of Two Responsive Space Missions for the National Reconnaissance Office.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First of Two Responsive Space Missions for the National Reconnaissance Office]] | July 13, 2022 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab to Launch Responsive Space Missions for National Reconnaissance Office.md\|Rocket Lab to Launch Responsive Space Missions for National Reconnaissance Office]] | July 05, 2022 |
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