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Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
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Rocket Lab's 92nd launch · 13th this year · humanity's 7,359th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 6, 09:00 – Aug 6, 09:18 UTC
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The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+57SSupersonic
- T+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M31SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES
- T+3M31SFairing Separation
- T+6M30SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M6SSECO
- T+9M10SKick Stage Separation
- T+46M35SKick Stage Ignition
- T+49M25SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+50MPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success with satellite in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/6/2026 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/6/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/6/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 8/6/2026 · source
Updated T-0 to 09:18 UTC
hitura-nobad · 8/6/2026 · source
Rescheduled for August 6.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/5/2026 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2026 · source
Abort at ignition.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2026 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 7/1/2026 · source
News
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Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Local pad time: Aug 6, 9:18 PM GMT+12
42 launches from this pad · 81 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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