Mission
Earth Science · SSO
StriX-α is a demonstration mission for Japanese company Synspective which plans to deploy a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites. For this mission, Rocket Lab will utilize a custom expanded fairing to encompass Synspective’s wide-body satellite – the first use of the expanded…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRIX-ALPHA 2020-098A | Payload | re-entered 2023-10-27 | |
| ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B 2020-098B | Rocket body | re-entered 2024-01-10 | |
| ELECTRON R/B 2020-098C | Rocket body | re-entered 2020-12-28 |
COSPAR ID 2020-098 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).