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Rocket LabLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceElectron · QPS-SAR-5
Launched 2023-12-15 04:05:54 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
205th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
Rocket Lab
10th
launch this year
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
7th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
86 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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.
Launches
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Successful
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96%
Landings
7
of 9
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success w/ main payload in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Count resumed.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Holding at T-12 minutes.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Delayed to December 15 due to launch site winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET December 13.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding launch window and setting GO
Nosu
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Targeting NET November 28 for the Electron return to flight mission.
Nosu
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Delayed due to the launch failure of We Will Never Desert You.
Nosu
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Added launch
hitura-nobad
Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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