Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
StriX-α
The StriX-α satellite is the first in Synspective’s planned StriX constellation designed to provide geospatial solutions. SAR satellites actively observe and acquire Earth surface information by transmitting and receiving reflected microwaves. Compared with optical satellites, which rely on sunlight reflection, SAR can capture images of the ground surface in all weather conditions and at any time of the day or night.
Synspective is planning a constellation of 25 satellites called StriX, comprised of 100-kilogram satellites capable of imaging at a resolution of one to three meters. By 2022 the company plans to have six satellites in orbit. The company has not set a date by which it hopes to achieve 25 satellites.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 150.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Rocket Lab LC-1A, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Stats
2020
107th orbital launch attempt
Rocket Lab
17th mission
7th mission of 2020
15th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission
Electron
17th mission
7th mission of 2020
15th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission