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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4)
Launched
August 5, 2025 · 04:10 UTC
Summary
The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on August 5, 2025 at 04:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:45 to 05:15 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 69th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 7,023rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 69th Electron flight and the 11th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Kushinada-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 580 × 589 km orbit inclined 42.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 69th Electron flight · 11th this yearRocket Lab's 69th launch11th this yearhumanity's 7,023rd orbital launch attempt174th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kushinada-I · NORAD 65116 · 2025-169 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-169A
- Epoch
- 2025-08-05 08:24:44 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.96700146 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006509
- Inclination
- 42.0137°
- Ascending node
- 310.1181°
- Arg. of perigee
- 278.6085°
- Mean anomaly
- 192.8491°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
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+58SSupersonic
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M29SMECO
- T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES
- T+3M12SFairing Separation
- T+6M28SBattery Hotswap
- T+9M2SSECO
- T+9M6SKick Stage Separation
- T+50M16SKick Stage Ignition
- T+52M54SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+53M45SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- Kushinada-I · NORAD 65116 · in orbit
Electron 69 Kick Stage · in orbit
Electron 69 Stage 2 · re-entered September 5, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
31st launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 6th this year · 63rd from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 5, 4:10 PM GMT+12, in daylight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
37 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Satellite in contact.
Show 9 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/5/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/5/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/5/2025 · source
On hold at T-11:16.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/5/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 8/5/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/5/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/31/2025 · source
Moved up to 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/5/2025 · source
Questions
When did The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4) launch?
The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4) launched on August 5, 2025 at 04:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:45 to 05:15 UTC.
Where can I watch The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'The Harvest Goddess Thrives' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Aug 5, 4:10 PM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4) reach?
Kushinada-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 580 × 589 km orbit inclined 42.0°.
How many satellites did The Harvest Goddess Thrives (iQPS Launch 4) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).