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2020 · Rocket Lab

The Owl's Night Begins (StriX-α)

successElectron | The Owl's Night Begins (StriX-α)

StriX-α is a demonstration mission for Japanese company Synspective which plans to deploy a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites. For this mission, Rocket Lab will utilize a custom expanded fairing to encompass Synspective’s wide-body satellite – the first use of the expanded fairing options that Rocket Lab recently introduced.

Overview

Date / time
December 15, 2020 at 10:09 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Mission
The Owl's Night Begins (StriX-α)
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch vehicle
Electron →
Launch provider
Rocket Lab →

Payloads deployed · 1

STRIX-ALPHA
LEO