Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese radar satellite to orbit early on Sept. 2
31-08-2026 06:05 via space.com

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese radar satellite to orbit early on Sept. 2

Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese radar satellite to orbit early Wednesday morning (Sept. 2), and you can watch the action live.An Electron vehicle is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Wednesday during a window that opens at 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT; 11:00 p.m. local New Zealand time). It's carrying a single Strix satellite for Synspective, a Tokyo-based Earth-imaging company.You can watch it live via Rocket Lab, beginning about 30 minutes before launch. Space.co
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