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Electron | Owl Night Long (StriX-3)

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Electron | Owl Night Long (StriX-3)

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Mission brief

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StriX-3 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective. It can gather high resolution Earth observation data regardless of conditions or daylight, offering a resilient and effective resource for the purposes of urban development, infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response.

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Published flight sequence

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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.

  1. T−00:02:00

    Startup

  2. T−00:00:02

    Ignition

  3. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  4. T+00:02:25

    MECO

  5. T+00:02:28

    Stage 2 Separation

  6. T+00:02:31

    SES

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  1. T+00:03:07

    Fairing Separation

  2. T+00:06:20

    Battery Hotswap

  3. T+00:09:04

    SECO

  4. T+00:09:08

    Kick Stage Separation

  5. T+00:50:27

    Kick Stage Ignition

  6. T+00:52:55

    Kick Stage Cut-off

  7. T+00:53:46

    Payload Separation