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Rocket Lab Electron "Owl By The Dozen" Launch Thread (sh.itjust.works)

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Owl By The Dozen

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-09-19 03:22:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (NZST) | 2026-09-19 15:22:00 | | Launch site | Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand | | Booster recovery | No | | Launch vehicle | Electron + Curie | | Customer | Synspective | | Payload | StriX-12 | | Mass | 100 kg | | Target orbit | LEO |

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Rocket Lab (official) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnN8Pj8WvSo | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3B0jMxH-Ug | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad/streams |

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17th launch for Rocket Lab in 2026
96th overall launch for Rocket Lab

Payload info:

Rocket Lab mission page

NextSpaceflight:

StriX-9

This is the sixth 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 12th StriX satellite launched by Rocket Lab for Synspective.

Previous mission: Happily Ever Faster

Next mission: Owlright, Owlright, Owlright

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

MECO, stage separation, Rutherford vacuum engine ignition, and fairing separation.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Liftoff!

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Hosted webcast is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnN8Pj8WvSo

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Battery hotswap, SECO, nominal transfer orbit, and Curie kickstage separation.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Nominal Curie circularization burn.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Payload separation confirmed.

this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2026

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