Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than 09:00, December 12 UTC for lift-off of its 17th Electron launch, 'The Owl's Night Begins’ mission.   

Launch Window:  

NZT: December 12 (22:00 - 23:59) 
The facility has backup opportunities available through December 24th should the launch need to stand down for any reason.  

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Mission Information:  

Rocket Lab's 17th mission is a dedicated launch for Japanese Earth-imaging company Synspective. The mission is named ‘The Owl’s Night Begins’ in a nod to Synspective’s StriX family of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft developed to be able to image millimetre-level changes to the Earth’s surface from space, independent of weather conditions on Earth and at any time of the day or night. Strix is also the genus of owls.
The StriX-α satellite onboard this mission will be the first of a series of spacecraft deployments for Synspective’s planned constellation of more than 30 SAR small satellites to collate data of metropolitan centres across Asia on a daily basis that can be used for urban development planning, construction and infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response.  

Find more information about the mission HERE: www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
Webcast:
A live webcast will be available approximately 15-20 minutes prior to the target T-0 time at www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream.