Recorded
- Launch target
- Previously: November 4, 2026 · time to be confirmed
Updated: November 3, 2026 · time to be confirmed
Rocket LabTo Be Determined
The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)
Electron
November 3, 2026 · time pending
Latest published target
November 3, 2026 · time to be confirmed. An exact time has not been published.
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LAUNCH SITERocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Mission
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
- Launch vehicle
- Electron
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Unknown Pad
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Electron
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
- Height
- 18 m
- Diameter
- 1.2 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 98
- First flight
- 2017-05-25
Launch window
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Launch site & orbit
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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