Electron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
QPS-SAR-5 is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite that will join a constellation after QPS-SAR-6 already in orbit. iQPS’s satellites are small, high-performance SAR satellites that use a lightweight, large, stowable antenna to collect high resolution images of Earth, even through clouds and adverse weather conditions.
Electron
Height 18.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 162 kN
Diameter 1.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 300 kg
Liftoff Mass 13 Tonnes
Launch Success 43
Consecutive Success 6
Maiden Flight 2017-05-25
Launch Failures 4
Core
Serial 42
Status expended
Flight Proven No
Flights 1
Landing Attempt No
Landing Success Unknown
Type EXP
Location PAC
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T06:27:21+0000
Launch success w/ main payload in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T04:06:46+0000
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T03:56:09+0000
Count resumed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T03:49:04+0000
Holding at T-12 minutes.
LL2
2023-12-15T03:31:46+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-12T06:09:21+0000
Delayed to December 15 due to launch site winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-26T18:52:22+0000
NET December 13.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-22T09:03:12+0000
Updated launch pad.
Nosu
2023-11-08T22:57:08+0000
Adding launch window and setting GO
Nosu
2023-11-08T22:02:22+0000
Targeting NET November 28 for the Electron return to flight mission.
Nosu
2023-09-19T08:56:41+0000
Delayed due to the launch failure of We Will Never Desert You.
hitura-nobad
2023-08-18T04:17:32+0000
Added launch
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