NZSA Venus Mission

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than 3rd Quarter, 2026

Mission Details

First private Venus mission.

Rocket Lab will launch a scientific mission based on its Photon upper stage to Venus.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

Planned

Agency

Price

$52.50 million

Rocket

Height: 45m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 15,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,605 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5m

Height: 7m

Stages

2

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

15th

Mission of 2026

15th

Mission of 2026