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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
Launched
August 6, 2026 · 09:18 UTC
Summary
Rocket Lab’s Electron delivered a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS, expanding the constellation’s ability to capture high-resolution images in any weather.
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- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for iQPS
- Milestone
- 92nd Electron flight · 13th this yearRocket Lab's 92nd launch13th this yearhumanity's 7,359th orbital launch attempt186th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
QPS-SAR-13 · NORAD 100243 · 2026-180A · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- QPS-SAR-13
- Object ID
- 2026-180A
- Epoch
- 2026-09-04 02:15:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.97382872 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00068232
- Inclination
- 42.0006°
- Ascending node
- 231.805°
- Arg. of perigee
- 99.3562°
- Mean anomaly
- 260.8034°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 431
- B*
- 0.00019045453
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- 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
About this launch
The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on August 6, 2026 at 09:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:00 to 09:18 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 92nd launch, 13th this year and humanity's 7,359th orbital launch attempt. It was the 92nd Electron flight and the 13th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 576 × 589 km orbit inclined 42.0°.
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
News
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Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
42nd launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 7th this year · 79th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 6, 9:18 PM GMT+12, at night
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
47 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success with satellite in contact.
Show 9 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) launch?
The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) launched on August 6, 2026 at 09:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:00 to 09:18 UTC.
Where can I watch The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'The Grain Goddess Provides' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Aug 6, 9:18 PM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) reach?
It reached a 576 × 589 km orbit inclined 42.0°.