Electron | The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3)

Launch information

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Mission description

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Electron | The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3)’.

Launch image Electron | The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3)

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: June 11, 2025, 3:31 p.m.

Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3) (LEO)

Launcher

Rocket Lab

Rocket

Electron

Location

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Electron | The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
64340 QPS-SAR-11 YAMATSUMI LEO 42.01 JAPAN In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Electron | The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6978

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Location Launch

#60

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Pad Launch

#31

To this date

Agency Launch

#66

To this date

Orbital Launch

#129

Year 2025

Location Launch

#8

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Pad Launch

#4

Year 2025

Agency Launch

#8

Year 2025

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