Electron | Owl New World (StriX Launch 7)
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Launch Window
Oct. 14, 2025, 4:33 p.m. - Oct. 14, 2025, 4:33 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Oct. 14, 2025, 4:33 p.m. - Oct. 14, 2025, 4:33 p.m.
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
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Liftoff.
Spacecraft separation.
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
See DetailsRocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
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Japanese radar imaging company Synspective has signed a contract for 10 Electron launches from Rocket Lab, the largest contract in the history of the launch provider.
Synspective Signs Contract with Rocket Lab for 10 Electron Launches
"Most rocket startups are still stuck in the long process of reengineering."
Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft for one Japanese radar imaging company Oct. 14, just days after signing a contract for additional launches for another. The post Rocket Lab launches seventh Synspective radar imaging satellite appeared fir…
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