Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle launched the “The Owl’s Night Begins” mission from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on 15 December 2020, at 10:09 UTC (23:09 NZT). “‘The Owl’s Night Begins” is a dedicated launch for Japanese Earth-imaging company Synspective, the StriX-α satellite onboard is the first of a planned constellation of more than 30 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) small satellites.
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