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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)
Launched
December 21, 2025 · 06:36 UTC
Summary
The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on December 21, 2025 at 06:36 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 79th launch, 21st this year and humanity's 7,163rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 79th Electron flight and the 21st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Sukunami-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 577 × 590 km orbit inclined 42.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 79th Electron flight · 21st this yearRocket Lab's 79th launch21st this yearhumanity's 7,163rd orbital launch attempt314th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Sukunami-I · NORAD 67228 · 2025-307 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-307A
- Epoch
- 2025-12-21 08:45:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.96940801 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010016
- Inclination
- 42.0068°
- Ascending node
- 123.0965°
- Arg. of perigee
- 272.7947°
- Mean anomaly
- 87.1731°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- -0.00011342
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+9M5SSECO
- T+9M9SKick Stage Separation
- T+46M36SKick Stage Ignition
- T+49M27SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+50M17SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Sukunami-I · NORAD 67228 · in orbit
Electron 79 Stage 2 · re-entered January 24, 2026
Electron 79 Kick Stage · re-entered January 16, 2026
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
34th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 9th this year · 69th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 21, 7:36 PM GMT+13, in daylight
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
7 days 3 hours 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 · 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
Questions
When did The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) launch?
The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) launched on December 21, 2025 at 06:36 UTC.
Where can I watch The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'The Wisdom God Guides' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Dec 21, 7:36 PM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) reach?
Sukunami-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 577 × 590 km orbit inclined 42.0°.
How many satellites did The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).