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Rocket Lab Sets Launch Schedule for 1st of 21 New Missions with Synspective

By: Rocket Lab Corporation via GlobeNewswire

October 06, 2025 at 16:30 PM EDT

LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the launch window for its next mission for Synspective, a leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics company from Japan.

The mission, named “Owl New World”, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on October 14 UTC. The mission will deploy the seventh StriX satellite, the first of a new generation of satellites by Synspective for its low Earth orbit constellation that provides high-frequency, high-resolution Earth observation data for disaster response and management, national security, and environmental monitoring.

“Owl New World” will be Rocket Lab’s seventh launch for Synspective and is the next launch in a series of 21 upcoming missions to deploy the company’s Earth-imaging constellation before the end of the decade. Electron has already successfully deployed six StriX satellites across six dedicated missions as the constellation’s sole launch provider to date.

The mission will be Rocket Lab’s 15^th launch this year and 73^rd launch overall. With 100% mission success across all missions this year and a projected 20+ launches in 2025, Electron continues to set the industry benchmark as the world’s most frequently launched commercial small orbital rocket.

“Owl New World” launch information: https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/next-mission/

“Owl New World” launch window:

16:30 UTC, October 14
5:30 am NZDT, October 15
1:30 am JST, October 15
12:30 pm ET, October 14
9:30 am PT, October 14

Rocket Lab Media Contact
Murielle Baker
media@rocketlabusa.com

About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is a leading space company that provides launch services, spacecraft, payloads and satellite components serving commercial, government, and national security markets. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is the world’s most frequently launched orbital small rocket; its HASTE rocket provides hypersonic test launch capability for the U.S. government and allied nations; and its Neutron launch vehicle in development will unlock medium launch for constellation deployment, national security and exploration missions. Rocket Lab’s spacecraft and satellite components have enabled more than 1,700 missions spanning commercial, defense and national security missions including GPS, constellations, and exploration missions to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. Rocket Lab is a publicly listed company on the Nasdaq stock exchange (RKLB). Learn more at www.rocketlabcorp.com.

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