Electron | The Owl's Night Begins (StriX-α)
Rocket Lab·Electron·Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
SSOEarth Science
Launch time: December 15, 2020 at 10:09 AM UTC
Your local time: 15 Dec 2020, 10:09 UTC
✓ SuccessDec 15, 2020
About this mission
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.
Mission Timeline
Events will appear closer to launch. Expected:
- Launch
- Stage Sep
- Orbit Insertion