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Electron | The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)

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Electron | The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)

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Mission brief

The flight at a glance.

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

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Published flight sequence

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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.

  1. T−00:02:00

    Startup

  2. T−00:00:02

    Ignition

  3. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  4. T+00:00:58

    Supersonic

  5. T+00:01:09

    Max-Q

  6. T+00:02:26

    MECO

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  1. T+00:02:29

    Stage 2 Separation

  2. T+00:02:33

    SES

  3. T+00:03:36

    Fairing Separation

  4. T+00:06:28

    Battery Hotswap

  5. T+00:09:01

    SECO

  6. T+00:09:05

    Kick Stage Separation

  7. T+00:46:33

    Kick Stage Ignition

  8. T+00:49:27

    Kick Stage Cut-off

  9. T+00:50:18

    Payload Separation