StriX-α (The Owl's Night Begins)
Electron
Rocket Lab
Mission
StriX-α (The Owl’s Night Begins)
Type: Earth Science
Launch Cost: $6,000,000
StriX-α is a demonstration mission for Japanese company Synspective which plans to deploy a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites.
For this mission, Rocket Lab will utilize a custom expanded fairing to encompass Synspective’s wide-body satellite – the first use of the expanded fairing options that Rocket Lab recently introduced.
Trajectory
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Location
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
38 rockets have launched from Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
Agency
Rocket Lab – RL
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: RL
- Administration: CEO: Peter Beck
- Founded: 2006
- Launchers: Electron
- Country: USA
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. Electron currently launches from only Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand however a second launch complex in the US is under development.
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