Watch Rocket Lab launch an Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand tonight

The "Owl By The Dozen" mission is scheduled to lift off at 11:15 p.m. ET tonight (Sept. 18).

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Click for next article A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches the "Owl Around The World" mission Japanese company Synspective from New Zealand on Sept. 2, 2026. (Image credit: Rocket Lab) Copy link Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Rocket Lab will launch a Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit tonight (Sept. 18), and you can watch the action live.