Japanese company Synspective, which specializes in satellite data and analytics using radars with synthetic aperture (SAR), Expands its collaboration with Rocket Lab. The new long -term contract provides ten more launches of Electron missiles, that will raise the total number of Strix missions with Rocket Lab to twenty -one. All six satellites of the series, orbit, were also launched by this rocket, so Electron remains the only carrier, which enables the Synspective grouping to be deployed.
According to Synspective founder and CEO Motoyuki Arai, Rocket Lab's reliability and satellite launch accuracy allow the company to do more than stick to its deployment schedule, but also to scale their services in the areas of security monitoring, disaster response and environmental control. From my side, the head of Rocket Lab Peter Beck emphasized, that regular and flexible access to space is critical to building such constellations, and Electron became the foundation of the StriX program from the beginning.
Synspective has an ambitious goal of deploying a constellation of thirty SAR satellites by the end of the 2020s, which will allow high-frequency monitoring of any point on the planet regardless of weather conditions or time of day. In this process, the company combines different approaches: except for the agreement with Rocket Lab, contracts have also been concluded with SpaceX and Exolaunch.
With its SAR technology, Synspective aims to make space data more accessible to government agencies, business and organizations, що працюють із ризиками та кліматичними викликами. Спостереження за переміщенням військових сил, моніторинг повеней, зсувів і вирубок лісів — лише частина тих завдань, which the company presents to its future constellation.
Source: https://synspective.com