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

Mission Details

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.

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Country

🇳🇿 NZL