15 December 2023, 04:05 UTC
The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
Rocket Lab's Electron carried the QPS-SAR-5 'Tsukuyomi-I' synthetic-aperture radar satellite for Japan's iQPS to low Earth orbit from New Zealand on the mission 'The Moon God Awakens,' marking Electron's return to flight after a September 2023 failure.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 120 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 41st
- of 89 Electron flights
- Date and time
- 15 December 2023, 04:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Electron
- Builder
- Rocket Lab
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2023-196
- Launches in 2023
- 207th of 223
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