Electron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)

Electron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, 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.

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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.

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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 49

Consecutive Success 12

Maiden Flight 2017-05-25

Launch Failures 4


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Core


Serial 42

Status expended

Flight Proven No

Flights 1


Landing Attempt No

Landing Success Unknown

Type EXP

Location PAC


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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-15T06:27:21+0000

Launch success w/ main payload in contact.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-15T04:06:46+0000

Liftoff.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-15T03:56:09+0000

Count resumed.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-15T03:49:04+0000

Holding at T-12 minutes.

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LL2

2023-12-15T03:31:46+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-12T06:09:21+0000

Delayed to December 15 due to launch site winds.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-11-26T18:52:22+0000

NET December 13.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-11-22T09:03:12+0000

Updated launch pad.

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Nosu

2023-11-08T22:57:08+0000

Adding launch window and setting GO

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Nosu

2023-11-08T22:02:22+0000

Targeting NET November 28 for the Electron return to flight mission.

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Nosu

2023-09-19T08:56:41+0000

Delayed due to the launch failure of We Will Never Desert You.

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hitura-nobad

2023-08-18T04:17:32+0000

Added launch

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