Owl for One, One for Owl
Owl for One, One for Owl was a Rocket Lab Electron mission for Synspective that launched successfully at 16:39 UTC on 2 August 2024 (4:39 a.m. NZST on 3 August; 12:39 p.m. EDT on 2 August) from Launch Complex 1B on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
16:39 UTC on 2 August 2024 · 4:39 a.m. NZST on 3 August · 12:39 p.m. EDT on 2 August
Disclaimer: This livestream is from a third-party channel and is not an official Rocket Lab broadcast.
Mission State
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
The current watch link is from a third-party source rather than Rocket Lab directly.
Launch Updates
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Launch success with signals acquisition.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: synspective.com -
Payload deployed
by Nosu Source: youtube.com -
Liftoff
by Nosu Source: youtube.com
Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Name Origin
Pun on "All for one, one for all" from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, with "All" replaced by "Owl" — referencing Synspective's StriX satellites (Strix = Latin genus for owls).
Mission Overview
Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Technical Details
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kiwisLaunch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
UnlikelySun 29° below the horizon at liftoff — full night, the plume stays in Earth's shadow.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 4:39 a.m. NZST · 16:39 UTC
- Astronomical dawn (−18°)
- 5:37 a.m. NZST · 17:37 UTC
- Nautical dawn (−12°)
- 6:09 a.m. NZST · 18:09 UTC
- Civil dawn (−6°)
- 6:41 a.m. NZST · 18:41 UTC
- Sunrise
- 7:09 a.m. NZST · 19:09 UTC
Twilight times at the pad (Mahia, NZ) for the morning of the launch.
What's a rocket jellyfish? When a rocket launches in twilight, the ground is dark but its exhaust plume climbs into sunlight high above. The expanding plume glows against the dark sky in a jellyfish-like shape.
Space-Object Catalog
| Object | Operator | Built by | Mass | Orbit | Status | NORAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
StriX-4 2024-137A · Payload | Operator Synspective Inc. | Built by Synspective Inc. StriX | Mass 150 kg | Orbit 446 × 468 km · 43.0° | Status On orbit | NORAD 60352 |
Electron 51 Kick Stage 2024-137B · Stage | Operator Rocket Lab Ltd. | Built by Rocket Lab Ltd. Kick Stage | Mass 50 kg | Orbit 205 × 214 km · 43.0° | Status Decayed 2025-04-04 | NORAD 60353 |
Electron 51 Stage 2 2024-137C · Stage | Operator Rocket Lab Ltd. | Built by Rocket Lab Ltd. Electron St2 | Mass 250 kg | Orbit 162 × 256 km · 43.0° | Status Decayed 2024-08-15 | NORAD 60354 |
