Owl Night Long (StriX-3)

Rocket Lab 'Owl Night Long' mission, launching StriX-3, a synthetic-aperture radar Earth-imaging satellite for Japanese operator Synspective, aboard Electron from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

150 kg

Flight

44th

of 89 Electron flights

Date and time

12 March 2024, 15:03 UTC

Rocket

Electron

Builder

Rocket Lab

Launch site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2024-047

Launches in 2024

47th of 263

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