Mission Success: Rocket Lab Launches Latest Satellite For Synspective

MAHIA, New Zealand, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE
NEWSWIRE) — Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB)
(“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in
launch services and space systems, today successfully
launched its 15th mission of the year and the first of 21
new launches for Synspective.

The “Owl New World”
mission launched on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex
1 in New Zealand at 16:33 UTC on October 14 to deploy the
seventh StriX satellite to a 583km low Earth orbit. The
mission was the first of a series
of 21 dedicated Electron launches to take place between
now and the end of the decade for Synspective, a leading
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics
company from Japan. It was also the seventh Electron mission
completed for Synspective since launches to deploy their
constellation began in December 2020. Altogether, Rocket Lab
will launch 27 missions for Synspective, making Electron the
primary launcher of their constellation.

Rocket Lab
founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, said: “Another Electron
launch for Synspective with 100% mission success, and a
fantastic start to an exciting run of upcoming launches to
deploy their constellation. Precise, direct access to orbit
is essential to the iteration and growth of constellations
already in space, and I’m proud of the Rocket Lab team for
delivering this again and again for Synspective across every
launch.”

Synspective founder and CEO, Dr. Motoyuki
Arai, said: “I would like to express my sincere gratitude
to the team at Rocket Lab for safely and successfully
carrying out this mission, as well as to all the members of
Synspective who made this achievement possible. Moving
forward, we will continue to leverage our satellite and data
analytics technologies to address global challenges, such as
security, disaster management, and environmental
sustainability, thereby contributing to the creation of a
more resilient and sustainable future.”

Electron’s
unbeaten combination of reliability, rapid execution, and
exceptional satellite deployment accuracy in the space
industry’s commercial small-lift launch class has made it
the favored rocket for constellation operators globally.
Rocket Lab is expected to surpass its previous annual launch
record achieved in 2024 with 16 launches, with scheduled
missions for other commercial constellation operators and international
space agencies in the coming weeks that are set to meet
the Company’s forecast of 20+ launches in
2025.

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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