The Nation God Navigates (iQPS Launch 5)

'The Nation God Navigates' mission deployed the QPS-SAR-14 (Yachihoko-I) synthetic aperture radar satellite to a 575 km orbit for Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS — Rocket Lab's sixth launch for iQPS and Electron's 74th flight overall.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

120 kg (est.)

Flight

69th

of 89 Electron flights

Date and time

5 November 2025, 19:51 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

2025-252

Launches in 2025

263rd of 329

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