The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)

Rocket Lab's "The Grain Goddess Provides" mission deployed the QPS-SAR-13 (MIKURA-I) synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japan's iQPS from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, the company's 92nd orbital launch and its eighth for the growing iQPS SAR constellation, which images Earth in all weather and lighting conditions.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

120 kg (est.)

Flight

84th

of 89 Electron flights

Date and time

6 August 2026, 09:18 UTC

Rocket

Electron

Builder

Rocket Lab

Launch site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2026-180

Launches in 2026

188th of 243

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