Update: Rocket Lab Shares Rise After Launching New Earth-Observation Satellite for Synspective

03:33 PM EDT, 09/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the latest stock price movement in the headline and the first paragraph.) Rocket Lab (RKLB) shares rose 7.3% on Monday after the company said on Saturday that it launched a new Earth-observation satellite to space for synthetic aperture radar company Synspective. The launch of the "Owl By The Dozen" mission marked the delivery of the 12th StriX satellite directly into an exact 572-kilometer low-Earth orbit for Synspective's Earth-monitoring constellation. Price: 69.25, Change: +4.68, Percent Change: +7.25