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>[!success] Mission Success
>[!summary]
Wise One Looks Ahead was the first of two back-to-back launches for the National Reconnaissance Office.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720301774032/)
#electron #launch #success
| **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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