Owlright, Owlright, Owlright

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-09-26 00:39:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (NZST) | 2026-09-26 12:39:00 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Synspective | | Payload | StriX-13 | | Mass | 100 kg | | Target orbit | LEO |

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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkLw0Kf_iSA | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0I4FaQF6U | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuCoeu1b8r0 |

Stats

• 18th launch for Rocket Lab in 2026
• 97th overall launch for Rocket Lab

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

StriX-13

This is the seventh of a bulk buy of 10 Electron launches by Synspective to deliver their StriX satellites to low Earth orbit. StriX satellites can collect data with a ground resolution of 1-3m and a swath width of more than 10-30km. Each Electron launch will deliver 1 StriX satellite into orbit. This will be the overall 13th StriX satellite launched by Rocket Lab for Synspective.

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