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Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Southern Cross Spaceport

A peninsula pad facing the open Pacific, with ocean splashdown recovery and the darkest launch skies we fly from.

Coordinates
39.26°S 177.86°E
Elevation
40 m
Missions
2
60°S30°SEQUATOR30°N60°N39.26°S 177.86°E

Facilities

  • Coastal villas
  • Sea-survival training pool
  • Recovery ship Tangaroa Dawn
  • Clifftop viewing deck

Launch weather

Maritime climate; dusk windows are most reliable from November to April.

Missions from Southern

KÁRMÁN LINE · 100 KM
suborbital

The southern sky, from above.

Apogee
110.3 km
Zero-G
4 min
Max G
5.5 G

From

$480K
orbital

Sixteen sunrises before breakfast tomorrow.

Apogee
400 km
Duration
1 day
Max G
4.0 G

From

$2.2M