Rocket Lab Launches Seventh Synspective Radar Imaging Satellite - Los Angeles Weekly Times

Rocket Lab launches seventh Synspective radar imaging satellite - Los Angeles Weekly Times

WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft for one Japanese radar imaging company Oct. 14, just days after signing a contract for additional launches for another. An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 12:33 p.m. Eastern. The payload, a StriX synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite for Synspective, deployed from the rocket’s kick stage about 50 minutes after liftoff. The satellite was place…

Rocket Lab launches Synspective’s “Owl New World” mission with improved SAR capabilities – SatNews

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 15th mission of the year and the first of 21 new launches for Synspective and 73rd launch overall. Photos captured by Satnews. The “Owl New World” mission launched on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 16:33 UTC on October 14 to deploy the seventh StriX satellite to a 583km low Earth orbit. The mis…

Rocket Lab Deploys New StriX Synspective Satellite

On October 14, 2025, Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 – Pad A in Mahia, to launch the “Owl New World” mission for the Japanese Earth observation company Synspective. LIFTOFF of “Owl New World” on Electron for @synspective pic.twitter.com/k7TvUVNoYW— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) October 14, 2025 Two minutes and forty seconds after the launch, which took off at 16:33 UTC (5:33, October 15 NZT), the second stag…