Rocket Lab Units Launch Window for First of A number of iQPS Missions
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a worldwide supplier of launch and area methods, has introduced the scheduled launch window for its 61st Electron mission, devoted to Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of House, Inc. (iQPS).
This mission, titled “The Lightning God Reigns,” is about to elevate off from Rocket Lab’s non-public launch facility, Rocket Lab Launch Advanced 1, in New Zealand. The launch window opens on March 10 UTC.
The payload for this mission is a single artificial aperture radar (SAR) satellite tv for pc, QPS-SAR-9, also referred to as “SUSANOO-I.” The satellite tv for pc might be deployed right into a 575km round Earth orbit, contributing to iQPS’ increasing constellation, which goals to offer high-resolution Earth imagery with updates from focused places roughly each 10 minutes.
“The Lightning God Reigns” is the primary of eight deliberate launches that Rocket Lab will conduct for iQPS by way of 2025 and 2026, following a earlier profitable launch in December 2023. Every mission will make the most of a Rocket Lab Motorized Lightband to facilitate the separation and deployment of the satellite tv for pc as soon as in orbit.
This launch will mark Rocket Lab’s third mission of 2025, bringing the corporate’s complete Electron flights to 61 and growing the variety of satellites deployed by Rocket Lab to 211.
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