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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)
Launched
September 19, 2026 · 03:22 UTC
Summary
Rocket Lab's Electron successfully launched the Owl By The Dozen mission, carrying a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
- Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'Owl By The Dozen' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for Synspective
- Milestone
- 96th Electron flight · 17th this yearRocket Lab's 96th launch17th this yearhumanity's 7,398th orbital launch attempt225th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
STRIX-10 · NORAD 100746 · 2026-217A · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STRIX-10
- Object ID
- 2026-217A
- Epoch
- 2026-10-15 17:27:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.03567257 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00319482
- Inclination
- 38.1557°
- Ascending node
- 163.031°
- Arg. of perigee
- 120.1897°
- Mean anomaly
- 240.2037°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 400
- B*
- 0.00029315573
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+52SSupersonic
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M37SMECO
- T+2M40SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M44SSES
- T+3M21SFairing Separation
- T+6M37SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M14SSECO
- T+9M18SKick Stage Separation
- T+49M20SKick Stage Ignition
- T+52M26SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+53M16SPayload Separation
About this launch
Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on September 19, 2026 at 03:22 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 96th launch, 17th this year and humanity's 7,398th orbital launch attempt. It was the 96th Electron flight and the 17th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 524 × 597 km orbit inclined 38.2°.
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
40th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 6th this year · 83rd from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 19, 3:22 PM GMT+12, in daylight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
16 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 9/19/2026 · source
Updated T-0 and launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2026 · source
Launch pad assigned.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/15/2026 · source
NET October.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/27/2026 · source
Adding launch TBD 2025-2027
Nosu · 6/18/2024 · source
Questions
When did Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12) launch?
Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12) launched on September 19, 2026 at 03:22 UTC.
Where can I watch Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Owl By The Dozen' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Sep 19, 3:22 PM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12) reach?
It reached a 524 × 597 km orbit inclined 38.2°.