Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, LC-1B (New Zealand)
Launch date:
2 September 2026 at 12:01:00 UTC
Status:
Success
Launch description
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Owl Around the World" mission on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM (UTC).
Missions
StriX Launch 11:
Electron launched a single StriX synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellite for Japanese company Synspective to a 575 km low Earth orbit. It was Synspective's 11th StriX satellite and Rocket Lab's 94th Electron launch.