Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, LC-1B (New Zealand)
Launch date:
22 May 2026 at 09:33:00 UTC
Status:
Success
Launch description
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Viva La StriX" mission on Friday, May 22, 2026 at 9:33 AM (UTC).
Missions
Strix Launch 9:
Electron launched a single StriX synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellite for Japanese company Synspective to a 572 km low Earth orbit. It was the ninth Synspective launch on Electron.