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Rocket Lab Electron "Viva La StriX" launch thread (sh.itjust.works)

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Viva La StriX

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-05-22 09:30:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (NZST) | 2026-05-22 21:30:00 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Synspective | | Payload | StriX-7 | | Mass | 100 kg | | Target orbit | LEO |

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyrrCpLFU88 | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYg_y22-Eg | | The Launch Pad | none |

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9th launch for Rocket Lab in 2026
88th overall launch for Rocket Lab

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

StriX-7

This is the third 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 9th StriX satellite launched by Rocket Lab for Synspective.

Previous mission: Kakushin Rising

Next mission: Curveball

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Nominal liftoff, orbital insertion, and payload deployment.

https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3mmig47kj222s

LAUNCH at 0933 UTC May 22 of a Rocket Lab Electron with a Synspective StriX radar satellite