Electron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 42nd launch · 10th this year · humanity's 6,573rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 15, 04:00 – Dec 15, 06:00 UTC
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The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
QPS-SAR-5 is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite that will join a constellation after QPS-SAR-6 already in orbit. iQPS’s satellites are small, high-performance SAR satellites that use a lightweight, large, stowable antenna to collect high resolution images of Earth, even through clouds and adverse weather conditions.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- 42 · flight 1 · expendable · zone record 4/6
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- Rocket Lab 'The Moon God Awakens' Launch — Rocket Lab
Updates
Launch success w/ main payload in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2023 · source
Count resumed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2023 · source
Holding at T-12 minutes.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/15/2023 · source
Delayed to December 15 due to launch site winds.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/12/2023 · source
NET December 13.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/26/2023 · source
Updated launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/22/2023 · source
Adding launch window and setting GO
Nosu · 11/8/2023 · source
Targeting NET November 28 for the Electron return to flight mission.
Nosu · 11/8/2023 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Dec 15, 5:05 PM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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