{"id":10161,"date":"2024-03-13T01:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-launches-fourth-satellite-for-japanese-earth-imaging-company-synspective\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T01:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:57:52","slug":"rocket-lab-launches-fourth-satellite-for-japanese-earth-imaging-company-synspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-launches-fourth-satellite-for-japanese-earth-imaging-company-synspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab launches fourth satellite for Japanese Earth-imaging company, Synspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_65618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65618\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65618\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240312_ONL_launch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240312_ONL_launch.jpg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240312_ONL_launch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240312_ONL_launch-678x381.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240312_ONL_launch-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocket Lab\u2019s 45th Electron rocket to date launches on the \u201cOwl Night Long\u201d mission for Synspective. Image: Rocket Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rocket Lab launches its third Electron mission of the year and its fourth for Japanese Earth-imaging company, Synspective.<\/p>\n<p>The mission, dubbed \u201cOwl Night Long,\u201d lifted off on March 13 from Rocket Lab\u2019s Launch Complex-1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 4:03 a.m. NZDT (11:03 a.m. EDT, 1503 UTC). This was the 45th Electron rocket to launch to date.<\/p>\n<p>It sent the StriX-3 satellite into an orbit 561 km above the Earth\u2019s surface at a 97-degree inclination. It\u2019s the latest in the StriX-series of satellites, which are synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft. It allows them to observe the Earth\u2019s surface regardless of weather or day light.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GF9cWWkSlsQ\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab previously launched the following missions on behalf of Synspective:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dec. 15, 2020 \u2013 The Owl\u2019s Night Begins (StriX-\u03b1)<\/li>\n<li>Feb. 15, 2022 \u2013 The Owl\u2019s Night Continues (StriX- \u03b2)<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 14, 2022 \u2013 The Owl Spreads its Wings (StriX-1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most recent mission carried the 300th Rutherford engine and became the 150th satellite launched by Rocket Lab. The Electron is a two-stage rocket that stands 18 meters (59 feet) tall.<\/p>\n<p>As it prepares for this launch, Rocket Lab is also working towards its first launch of the year from NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Center in Virginia. That mission, NROL-123, will mark the first time that a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will launch from Wallops.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 584px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1763723423677604334&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2024%2F03%2F12%2Frocket-lab-prepares-to-launch-fourth-satellite-for-japanese-earth-imaging-company-synspective%2F&amp;sessionId=0767f052c5711cea5f1fc321df40dea3674eeb09&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1763723423677604334\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Lab\u2019s 45th Electron rocket to date launches on the \u201cOwl Night Long\u201d mission for Synspective. Image: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launches its third Electron mission of the year and its fourth for Japanese Earth-imaging company, Synspective. The mission, dubbed \u201cOwl Night Long,\u201d lifted off on March 13 from Rocket Lab\u2019s Launch Complex-1 in Mahia, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[545,1436,544,956],"class_list":["post-10161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-electron","tag-owl-nigh-long","tag-rocket-lab","tag-synspective"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}