Electron • ‘Ten Owl of Ten’

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a StriX synthetic aperture radar satellite on behalf of Japan-based Earth imaging company, Synspective. The satellite was launched into a circular low Earth orbit at an altitude of 552 km and an inclination of 42 degrees. This was the 10th StriX satellite launched by Rocket Lab with 17 more missions booked to deploy the rest of its constellation. Delayed from June 17/18 “to conduct additional checkouts before launch.”