On March 28, 2019 at 22:37 UTC, the “Electron-KS” rocket-carrier was launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Mahia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by private spaceflight company Rocket Lab. The rocket orbited the Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration satellite for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the United States government’s military technology development agency.