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Author: RocketLAB

Rocket Lab's 17th mission is a dedicated launch for Japanese Earth-imaging company Synspective.

Target Launch Time:
UTC | 10:09  NZT | 23:09 PT | 02:09 ET | 05:09 JST | 19:09

The mission is named ‘The Owl’s Night Begins’ in a nod to Synspective’s StriX family of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft developed to be able to image millimetre-level changes to the Earth’s surface from space, independent of weather conditions on Earth and at any time of the day or night. Strix is also the genus of owls.

The StriX-α satellite onboard this mission will be the first of a series of spacecraft deployments for Synspective’s planned constellation of more than 30 SAR small satellites to collate data of metropolitan centers across Asia on a daily basis that can be used for urban development planning, construction and infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response.

Mission Name The Owl's Night Begins
Rocket Electron
Electron Name The Owl's Night Begins
Launch Window NET 15 December UTC
Launch Time 10:09 UTC / 23:09 NZT
Launch Site Launch Complex 1

A live broadcast of the mission will be available on launch day at https://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream



https://twitter.com/SeanDG/status/1338952996172918785

Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
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