20 March 2026, 18:10 UTC
Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)
The 'Eight Days A Week' mission deployed a StriX synthetic aperture radar Earth-imaging satellite for Japanese operator Synspective, the second launch in a 10-mission bulk contract with Rocket Lab.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 150 kg
- Flight
- 77th
- of 89 Electron flights
- Date and time
- 20 March 2026, 18:10 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
- 2026-056
- Launches in 2026
- 60th of 243
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