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Electron | Owl Night Long (StriX-3)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 45th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 6,636th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 12, 14:00 – Mar 12, 15:15 UTC
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Owl Night Long (StriX-3)
StriX-3 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective. It can gather high resolution Earth observation data regardless of conditions or daylight, offering a resilient and effective resource for the purposes of urban development, infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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- Rocket Lab - 'Owl Night Long' Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M31SSES
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+6M20SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M4SSECO
- T+9M8SKick Stage Separation
- T+50M27SKick Stage Ignition
- T+52M55SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+53M46SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch Successful
hitura-nobad · 3/12/2024 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 3/12/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/12/2024 · source
New T-0 due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/12/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2024 · source
Delayed to March 12 UTC for more preparation time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/8/2024 · source
Updated launch window and pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2024 · source
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/23/2024 · source
NET March 9 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/20/2024 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 4/20/2022 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Mar 13, 4:03 AM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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