Owlright Owlright Owlright (13th StriX)
Rocket Lab (for Synspective) · Electron
At a glance
- Status
- launched
- Provider
- Rocket Lab (for Synspective)
- Vehicle
- Electron
- Window
- 26 September 2026 · 00:39 UTC
- From
- Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand
- Destination
- Low Earth orbit, 559 km
- Last verified
- 27 September 2026
Outcome
LAUNCHED · verified against the sources below on 27 September 2026.
The payload
Synspective's 13th StriX synthetic aperture radar satellite, deployed directly into a 559 km low Earth orbit. Rocket Lab gives liftoff as 12:39 NZST on 26 September 2026 and Synspective as 00:39 UTC, the same instant, and Synspective reports the satellite reached its target orbit ahead of commissioning. Rocket Lab counts it as the 97th Electron flight and its 18th launch of 2026, with 14 more launches for Synspective on its schedule to complete the constellation.
Status history
- 27 Sep 2026Added as launched from Rocket Lab's mission-success release and Synspective's report that the satellite reached its target orbit. New Zealand daylight time begins on 27 September, so the 26th ran on NZST (UTC+12), and 12:39 NZST resolves to Synspective's 00:39 UTC.
Related
Sources
- investors.rocketlabcorp.com · https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/mission-success-rocket-lab-launches-97th-electron-mission
- globenewswire.com · https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/26/3369387/0/en/mission-success-rocket-lab-launches-97th-electron-mission.html
- synspective.com · https://www.synspective.com/news/13th_launch/