Why Rocket Lab picked New Zealand

New Zealand-based company Rocket Lab is looking to build the country’s first launch facility in Canterbury. It has identified a remote paddock near Birdlings Flat as its preferred launch site for a rocket that can carry a satellite in to orbit. Rocket Lab has applied for consent to build the launcher on Kaitorete Spit, a stretch of land between Lake Ellesmere and the Pacific Ocean. CEO and founder wants test flights at the location underway by the end of the year. “There’s really only one country on the