Rocket Lab

Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)

Success

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T-minus to liftoff

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Friday March 20 2026, 18:10:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleElectron

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

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Mission

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Quick facts

VehicleElectron

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

SiteRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

WindowFriday March 20 2026, 18:10:00 UTC→Friday March 20 2026, 18:10:00 UTC

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Rocket Lab

Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)

Success

Electron

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Friday March 20 2026, 18:10:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go15%

VehicleElectron

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

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Acquiring satellite view…

General trajectory

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launching

Southeast

118° · ESE

-39.263, 177.864

Orbital elements (TLE)

2 element sets

Orbit

Apogee579 km

Perigee568 km

Period96.1 min

Inclination50.20°

Launch heading 118° · ESE from Eight Days A Week PO.

Parking orbitEight Days A Week PO› conelow

1 70045U 26056A 26079.78975694 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 70045 50.2033 047.7186 0287114 244.9804 152.9655 15.57761776 03

OrbitEight Days A Weeklow

1 70045U 26056A 26079.78975694 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 70045 50.2033 047.7353 0007927 006.6258 032.7000 14.97999346 05

Pre-launch TLEs from Dillon's Space Page. Estimated before flight — the real orbit is confirmed post-launch.

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Mission

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go15%Wind7 m/sGusts13 m/sCloud100%Temp13°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

≥60% layer 4738–9862 ft (5125 ft thick) — approximated · 81% cloud cover in layer above freezing (7933 ft) — approximated

Jellyfish potentialMap & details →

Classic

Quick facts

VehicleElectron

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

SiteRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

WindowFriday March 20 2026, 18:10:00 UTC→Friday March 20 2026, 18:10:00 UTC

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

General trajectory

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launching

Southeast

118° · ESE

-39.263, 177.864

Orbital elements (TLE)

2 element sets

Orbit

Apogee579 km

Perigee568 km

Period96.1 min

Inclination50.20°

Launch heading 118° · ESE from Eight Days A Week PO.

Parking orbitEight Days A Week PO› conelow

1 70045U 26056A 26079.78975694 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 70045 50.2033 047.7186 0287114 244.9804 152.9655 15.57761776 03

OrbitEight Days A Weeklow

1 70045U 26056A 26079.78975694 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 70045 50.2033 047.7353 0007927 006.6258 032.7000 14.97999346 05

Pre-launch TLEs from Dillon's Space Page. Estimated before flight — the real orbit is confirmed post-launch.

Scrub riskHIGH

Go15%

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go15%Wind7 m/sGusts13 m/sCloud100%Temp13°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

≥60% layer 4738–9862 ft (5125 ft thick) — approximated · 81% cloud cover in layer above freezing (7933 ft) — approximated

Jellyfish potentialMap & details →

Classic