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Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 88th launch · 9th this year · humanity's 7,290th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 22, 09:30 – May 22, 10:30 UTC
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Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9)
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2026 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2026 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 5/22/2026 · source
1h launch window
hitura-nobad · 5/22/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 5/22/2026 · source
Updated launch site.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/21/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/30/2026 · source
NET May 22.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/30/2026 · source
NET May.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/27/2026 · source
Adding launch TBD 2025-2027
Nosu · 6/18/2024 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: May 22, 9:33 PM GMT+12
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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