{"id":1418,"date":"2026-05-25T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-completes-9th-electron-launch-for-synspective\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:30:20","slug":"rocket-lab-completes-9th-electron-launch-for-synspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-completes-9th-electron-launch-for-synspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Completes 9th Electron Launch for Synspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1779699369961_639152961791299877.webp\" width=\"712\" height=\"387\" alt=\"Rocket Lab Completes 9th Electron Launch for Synspective\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1779699369961_639152961791299877.webp\" style=\"opacity: 1.54212e-05;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1779699369961_639152961791299877.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocket Lab Corporation<\/strong>, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful deployment of the latest satellite for <strong>Synspective<\/strong>, marking the ninth dedicated mission Rocket Lab has completed for the Japan-based Earth observation constellation. This launch further strengthens one of the most consistent commercial launch partnerships in the small satellite sector and highlights Electron&#8217;s industry-leading dedicated launch service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Explore: Rocket Lab&#8217;s Satellite Launches<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u201cViva La StriX\u201d mission launched on <strong>Electron<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 9:33 p.m. NZST on May 22, 2026 to a 572km low Earth orbit. Rocket Lab\u2019s deployment of the ninth StriX satellite expands Synspective\u2019s synthetic aperture radar (SAR)&nbsp;constellation delivering high-resolution Earth observation data globally. As part of its dedicated launch service, Rocket Lab also supplied Synspective with a custom Electron rocket fairing for the launch that was tailored to the StriX satellite\u2019s dimensions. The customisation is a unique feature of Rocket Lab and Synspective\u2019s partnership that helps to ensure Electron\u2019s ongoing 100% mission success rate for StriX satellite deployments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1779699557577_639152963659741393.webp\" width=\"612\" height=\"352\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" ><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s mission brings Rocket Lab\u2019s total launch count to 88 and reinforces Electron as the premier small launch provider globally. With another 18 launches for Synspective booked on Electron, Rocket Lab remains the company\u2019s sole launch provider and trusted partner in enabling rapid, repeatable access to space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful deployment of the latest satellite for Synspective, marking the ninth dedicated mission Rocket Lab has completed for the Japan-based Earth observation constellation. This launch further strengthens one of the most consistent commercial launch partnerships in the small satellite sector and [&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":[72,25,67,20],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-global","tag-launch","tag-radar","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418"}],"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=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}