Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch Synspective Satellite on 30th Electron Launch
September 12 2022 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
The StriX-1 satellite will be the third mission
for Synspective launched to space by Rocket Lab and the 150th
satellite launched overall on Electron.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the
Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, is preparing
to launch its 30th Electron rocket and 150th satellite to space
during a dedicated mission for Japanese Earth-imaging company
Synspective on Wednesday, September 14 UTC.
The launch will take place from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch
Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The launch window opens
20:30 UTC on September 14th (08:30 NZST, September 15th). Back-up
opportunities are available through September 28th to accommodate
potential weather delays to the launch.
Visit rocketlabusa.com and
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/FINAL-F30-The-Owl-Spreads-Its-Wings-Press-Kit.pdf
for full mission information.
“The Owl Spreads Its Wings” mission is the second of a bulk buy
of three Electron launches by Synspective to deliver their StriX
satellites to low Earth orbit. StriX-1 is Synspective’s first
commercial satellite for its synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
satellite constellation to deliver imagery that can detect
millimeter-level changes to the Earth’s surface from space,
independent of weather conditions on Earth and at any time of the
day or night. “The Owl Spreads Its Wings” will be Rocket Lab’s
third mission for Synspective after successful launches in December
2020 and February 2022.
The mission for Synspective will also mark a series of company
milestones for Rocket Lab.
- 30th Electron launch | This mission will be the 30th
launch by Rocket Lab of its Electron rocket. At the indisputable
small launch market leader, Electron remains the United States’
second most-frequently launched rocket and has been launched more
times than all other small launch providers combined.
- 150th satellite to orbit | When the StriX-1 satellite
reaches space, it will become the 150th satellite delivered to
orbit by Rocket Lab on an Electron rocket.
- 300th Rutherford engine | The Owl Spreads Its Wings will
also mark the 300th Rutherford engine launched to space. Designed
and built by Rocket Lab, Rutherford is the world’s first
3D-printed, electric pump-fed rocket engine. Earlier this month
Rocket Lab successfully test fired a reused Rutherford first stage
engine for the first time. This is a significant technical
achievement as Rocket Lab develops Electron into the world’s first
reusable orbital small rocket, to which the Rutherford engine is
critical to that program’s success.
The launch will be broadcast live from approximately 45 minutes
prior to lift-off at www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream.
For real time updates on the mission in the lead up to launch,
follow Rocket Lab on Twitter (@RocketLab).
+ About Rocket Lab
Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with
an established track record of mission success. We deliver reliable
launch services, satellite manufacture, spacecraft components, and
on-orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier and more
affordable to access space. Headquartered in Long Beach,
California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small
orbital launch vehicle and the Photon satellite platform and is
developing the Neutron 8-ton payload class launch vehicle. Since
its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab’s Electron
launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S.
rocket annually and has delivered 149 satellites to orbit for
private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in
national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation,
Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket
Lab’s Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA
missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private
commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch pads at
two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital
launch site located in New Zealand and a second launch site in
Virginia, USA which is expected to become operational in 2022. To
learn more, visit www.rocketlabusa.com.
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