Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 79th launch · 21st this year · humanity's 7,163rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 21, 06:36 – Dec 21, 06:36 UTC
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The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)
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 Wisdom God Guides' Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+57SSupersonic
- T+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M31SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES
- T+3M31SFairing Separation
- T+6M30SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M5SSECO
- T+9M9SKick Stage Separation
- T+46M36SKick Stage Ignition
- T+49M27SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+50M17SPayload Separation
Updates
Satellite in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2025 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 12/21/2025 · source
Updated launch weather, 85% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2025 · source
NET December 21 - payload identity to be confirmed (see https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=64069.msg2744639#msg2744639 for details)
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2025 · source
NET 2026.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/21/2025 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Local pad time: Dec 21, 7:36 PM GMT+13
37 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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