The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)
Electron · Rocket Lab · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Overview
Go for launch
Rocket Lab says the launch can go ahead on Saturday, 14 November 2026, 05:30 UTC. Even with a go, the time can still move by minutes or hours for weather, technical checks or other traffic at the range.
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Next: the countdown, fuelling, a final go or no-go, then liftoff.
- Rocket
- Electron
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
- Location
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
- Launch time
- Sat 14 Nov 2026, 05:30 UTC
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Live updates
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Mission
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.
Rocket
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.