Electron • ‘Owl New World’

October 7, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Japan-based satellite data and analytics company, Symspective. This was the seventh StriX satellite launched onboard an Electron rocket out of a total of 27 booked launches with Rocket Lab. The satellite was deployed into an orbit at 583 km (362 mi) in altitude at an inclination of 42 degrees about 50 minutes after liftoff from New Zealand.