Owl The Way Up

Scheduled for (UTC)	2024-12-21 14:13
Scheduled for (NZDT)	2024-12-22 03:13
Launch site	Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Booster recovery	No
Launch vehicle	Electron + Curie
Customers	Synspective
Payload	StriX satellite
Mission success criteria	Successful deployment of spacecraft into Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Livestreams

Stream	Link
Rocket Lab (official)	https://www.youtube.com/@RocketLabNZ/streams (scrub)
Space Affairs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K18IPBBMxxE (scrub)
The Launch Pad	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lgi4-3pKK4

Stats

• This will be the 16th launch for Rocket Lab this year.
• This will be the 58th overall launch for Rocket Lab.

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

This is the second of a bulk buy of two Electron launches by Synspective to deliver their StriX satellites to low Earth orbit. StriX satellites can collect data with a ground resolution of 1-3m and a swath width of more than 10-30km. Each Electron launch will deliver 1 StriX satellite into orbit. This will be the overall 6th StriX satellite launched by Rocket Lab for Synspective.

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Previous mission: Stonehenge

Next mission: TBD

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