Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)
Launched
March 20, 2026 · 18:10 UTC
Image: Rocket Lab
Summary
Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on March 20, 2026 at 18:10 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 84th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 7,233rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 84th Electron flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of StriX-6, one of 3 catalogued objects, from March 25, 2026, was 564 × 587 km inclined 50.3°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'Eight Days A Week' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for Synspective
- Milestone
- 84th Electron flight · 5th this yearRocket Lab's 84th launch5th this yearhumanity's 7,233rd orbital launch attempt60th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
StriX-6 · NORAD 68291 · 2026-056 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STRIX-6
- Object ID
- 2026-056A
- Epoch
- 2026-03-25 10:44:17 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.99567493 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0016654
- Inclination
- 50.2837°
- Ascending node
- 25.4705°
- Arg. of perigee
- 283.1978°
- Mean anomaly
- 76.7113°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 70
- B*
- 0.00038958
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- StriX-6 · NORAD 68291 · in orbit
Electron 84 Stage 2 · re-entered March 31, 2026
Electron 84 Kick Stage · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
35th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 1st this year · 73rd from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 21, 7:10 AM GMT+13, in twilight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
89 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success with satellite in normal contact.
Show 9 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/20/2026 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 3/20/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 3/20/2026 · source
Updated launch pad assignment.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/20/2026 · source
Delayed to March 20 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/18/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/9/2026 · source
NET March 19.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/9/2026 · source
NET Q1 2026. (see slide 15)
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/14/2025 · source
Adding launch TBD 2025-2027
Nosu · 6/18/2024 · source
Questions
When did Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8) launch?
Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8) launched on March 20, 2026 at 18:10 UTC.
Where can I watch Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Eight Days A Week' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Mar 21, 7:10 AM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8) reach?
The tracked orbit of StriX-6, one of 3 catalogued objects, from March 25, 2026, was 564 × 587 km inclined 50.3°.
How many satellites did Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).