{"id":6205,"date":"2024-12-23T21:37:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-synspectives-strix-satellite-in-16th-mission-of-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T21:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:37:22","slug":"rocket-lab-successfully-launches-synspectives-strix-satellite-in-16th-mission-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-synspectives-strix-satellite-in-16th-mission-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Synspective\u2019s StriX Satellite in 16th Mission of 2024"},"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\/rock_c_1__638705288572797503.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Synspective\u2019s StriX Satellite in 16th Mission of 2024\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/rock_c_1__638705288572797503.png\" style=\"opacity: 0;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/rock_c_1__638705288572797503.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it completed the Company\u2019s 16th launch for the year, deploying a satellite for Japanese Earth-observation constellation operator Synspective.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOwl The Way Up\u201d mission lifted from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on 22 December at 03:17 NZT deploying a single StriX satellite to orbit from the Electron launch vehicle. The mission was the sixth in a total of 16 launches booked on Electron for Synspective, an Earth observation company operating a constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites designed to deliver imagery that can detect millimeter-level changes to the Earth\u2019s surface from space. Rocket Lab first launched for Synspective in December 2020 and has been the sole launch provider for Synspective\u2019s constellation to date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, says<\/strong>: \u201cMission success once again for Synspective, capping off our busiest launch year to date. We look forward to continuing to increase our launch cadence in the new year as we strengthen Electron\u2019s position as the leading small rocket globally, and also enter the medium launch market with Neutron\u2019s debut. In 2024 we launched missions for NASA, the NRO, deployed multiple missions for commercial constellation operators like Synspective, launched suborbital <span style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">HASTE<\/span> missions advancing hypersonic flight test capability, and to top it all off, we achieved a world first by launching two missions from two different hemispheres in less than 24 hours. Thank you and congratulations to the Rocket Lab team, our customers, and our mission partners for another stellar year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab launched 16 missions in 2024, besting the Company\u2019s previous annual launch record of 10 missions, achieved in 2023 and representing a launch cadence increase of 60% year-on-year. Rocket Lab maintained a record of 100% mission success for all launches in 2024. The \u201cOwl The Way\u201d up launch was Rocket Lab\u2019s final scheduled launch for 2024 with the next Electron launch scheduled in Q1 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-7VZB4pHJrQ?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it completed the Company\u2019s 16th launch for the year, deploying a satellite for Japanese Earth-observation constellation operator Synspective. 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