Image: Rocket Lab
Electron | Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 84th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 7,233rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 20, 18:10 – Mar 20, 18:10 UTC
Flight preview
Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
No booster details available.
Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'Eight Days A Week' Launch — Rocket Lab
Updates
Launch success with satellite in normal contact.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/20/2026 · source
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
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Mar 21, 7:10 AM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Open in maps