Rocket Lab - Electron - The Nation God Navigates - LC 1B - Mähia, NZ - November 5, 2025

Описание: Launch Date: November 6, 2025 (NZDT)
Launch Time: 08:51 NZDT (November 5, 1951 UTC, 20:51 CET)
Launch Status: Electron delivered the satellite into a nominal orbit trajectory.

Launch Provider: Rocket Lab, USA
Launcher System: Electron Rocket
Mission: The Nation God Navigates
Contractor: iQPS (Japan)
Launch Location: Launch Complex-1B - Mähia Peninsula, New Zealand
Status: Announced

Price: $7,5 million (Standard mission to LEO)
Rocket Height: 18 m
Payload to Orbit: LEO 320 kg
Lift-Off Thrust: 224 kilonewtons
Fairing: Diameter 1,2 m / Height 4,05 m
Stages: 3

"The Nation God Navigates” is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on November 5, 2025 UTC. The mission will deploy QPS-SAR-14, nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I for the Japanese god of nation-building, to a 575km circular Earth orbit.

This satellite will join the rest of the QPS-SAR constellation in providing high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery and Earth-monitoring services globally. iQPS aims to build a constellation of 36 SAR satellites to deliver near-real-time images of Earth every 10 minutes.

"The Nation God Navigates" will be the sixth mission deployed on Electron for iQPS, making Rocket Lab the go-to provider for their constellation.