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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)
Launched
November 5, 2025 · 19:51 UTC
Summary
The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on November 5, 2025 at 19:51 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 74th launch, 16th this year and humanity's 7,107th orbital launch attempt. It was the 74th Electron flight and the 16th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Yachihoko-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 576 × 590 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
- 74th Electron flight · 16th this yearRocket Lab's 74th launch16th this yearhumanity's 7,107th orbital launch attempt258th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yachihoko-I · NORAD 66316 · 2025-252 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- QPS-SAR-14
- Object ID
- 2025-252A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-06 06:00:56 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.97109325 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009896
- Inclination
- 42.0045°
- Ascending node
- 275.3049°
- Arg. of perigee
- 272.393°
- Mean anomaly
- 87.5762°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0.000080283
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+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
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Yachihoko-I · NORAD 66316 · in orbit
Electron 74 Kick Stage · re-entered December 5, 2025
Electron 74 Stage 2 · re-entered November 30, 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
32nd launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 7th this year · 66th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 6, 8:51 AM GMT+13, in daylight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
92 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success with satellite in contact and in good health.
Show 6 earlier updates
Questions
When did The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5) launch?
The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5) launched on November 5, 2025 at 19:51 UTC.
Where can I watch The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'The Nation God Navigates' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Nov 6, 8:51 AM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5) reach?
Yachihoko-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 576 × 590 km orbit inclined 42.0°.
How many satellites did The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).