Saturday, September 26, 2026
Rocket Lab lofts 13th Synspective StriX on Electron 97
Rocket Lab's Electron lifted the Owlright Owlright Owlright mission from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 12:39 p.m. NZST on 26 September 2026, placing Synspective's 13th StriX synthetic-aperture-radar satellite into a 559 km low Earth orbit. The flight was Rocket Lab's 97th Electron launch and its 18th launch of 2026. Rocket Lab said Electron has now deployed all 13 StriX satellites with 100% mission success, with 14 further dedicated launches still scheduled to finish the constellation by the end of the decade.
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