Watch: Rocket Lab's 'Owl's Night' launch a success - what's next for 2021 15 Dec, 2020 08:21 PM 5 minutes to read "The Owl's Night Begins" lifts off from Launch Complex 1 at Mahia. Photo / Supplied Rocket Lab's seventh mission of the year successfully launched and delivered its payload. "The Owl's Night Begins" took off from Launch Complex 1 at Mahia Peninsula at 11.09pm, with the spectacular night launch seen as far away as Wellington and even Invercargill (see photos and video below). Read More A satellite called "StriX-α" was successfully deployed to orbit for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provider Synspective - a Japanese company that supplies data for making 3D maps.