Overview
- Rocket Lab launched the "Ten Owl Of Ten" mission on Friday, June 26, placing Synspective’s 10th operational StriX satellite into a 552-kilometer orbit with a 42-degree inclination.
- The launch marks the tenth consecutive dedicated Electron flight for Synspective and continues a 100 percent success record for those deployments.
- Each StriX satellite weighs about 100 kilograms and unfolds a roughly 5-meter synthetic aperture radar antenna that can image through clouds and at night for city planning, infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response over Japan.
- Rocket Lab said the flight was its 12th launch of 2026 and raised its company tally to 91 missions, and the firm used a specially configured fairing to fit the StriX spacecraft as part of customer-specific integration work.
- Synspective has 17 more Electron launches contracted to complete the constellation, with the next mission expected in early Q3 2026, a cadence that should speed delivery of frequent, targeted radar data for planners and emergency responders.