Synspective’s Third SAR Satellite “StriX-1” Successfully Reaches Its Target Orbit

TOKYO, 2022, September 16 – Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announced today that StriX-1, its third SAR satellite, has successfully been put into its target orbit. On September 16, StriX-1 was deployed by Rocket Lab’s Electron at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The satellite was put into its target orbit: a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), with an altitude of 561km. Functions including observation and data acquisition will be verified over the next several months. Details will be shared and updated on Synspective’s…

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Orbex reveals 1200m2 space rocket factory

London, 21 June 2017 – Welcoming the UK’s focus on low-cost, reliable commercial spaceflight activities in today’s Queens’s Speech, a UK company has revealed details of a 1200m2 space rocket factory currently building vertical launch vehicles that will be launched into orbit from the UK. Orbex, a UK company that has raised significant venture capital investment, is building a space micro-launcher, a small launch vehicle able to transport payloads of up to 150kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The company is already using the existing factory to build key launch…

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