Electron | The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 74th launch · 16th this year · humanity's 7,107th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 5, 19:51 – Nov 5, 19:51 UTC
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The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- Rocket Lab - 'The Nation God Navigates' Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+56SSupersonic
- T+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M30SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M47SSES
- T+3M10SFairing Separation
- T+6M29SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M4SSECO
- T+9M9SKick Stage Separation
- T+46M34SKick Stage Ignition
- T+49M25SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+50M16SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success with satellite in contact and in good health.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2025 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/20/2025 · source
NET November.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/8/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2025 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Nov 6, 8:51 AM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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