Owl The Way Up

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-21 14:13 | |

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| | 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 | |

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| | 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.

Previous mission: Stonehenge

Next mission: TBD

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