{"id":2267,"date":"2025-12-22T13:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-ends-2025-with-21-launches-and-100-mission-success-following-iqps-mission\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:41:27","slug":"rocket-lab-ends-2025-with-21-launches-and-100-mission-success-following-iqps-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-ends-2025-with-21-launches-and-100-mission-success-following-iqps-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Ends 2025 with 21 Launches and 100% Mission Success Following iQPS Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1766379050142_639019758494086753.png\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr fr-dib\" width=\"711\" height=\"398\" alt=\"Rocket Lab Ends 2025 with 21 Launches and 100% Mission Success Following iQPS Mission\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1766379050142_639019758494086753.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1766379050142_639019758494086753.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"398\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rocket Lab<\/strong>, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 21st Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite into space for multi-launch customer <strong>Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS)<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> a Japan-based Earth imaging company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018The Wisdom God Guides\u2019 mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on December 21 at 7:36 p.m. (06:36 UTC) to deploy the QPS-SAR-15 to space for iQPS. The spacecraft will join the company\u2019s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation, providing near-real time imagery across twelve different orbits for iQPS\u2019 global customers. Rocket Lab first launched for iQPS in 2023 and has gone on to deploy seven satellites to the iQPS constellation, making Electron the primary launcher for iQPS. A further five launches on Electron for iQPS are planned from 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are the the Different Types of Launch Vehicles used in Space?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today\u2019s mission has set a new annual launch record for Electron: 21 launches in one year with 100% mission success. The record cements Electron as both America\u2019s preeminent small launch provider and the world\u2019s most frequently-launched small-lift orbital rocket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rocket Lab founder and CEO,&nbsp;Peter Beck<\/strong>, says: \u201cCongratulations to iQPS on this latest successful mission for their constellation, and to the Rocket Lab team on a fantastic record-setting year of Electron launches. Electron makes frequent and reliable launches look easy as it outpaces all other American small-lift orbital rockets, year after year. In 2026, we\u2019re expanding Electron\u2019s global reach with more multi-launch constellation deployments, dedicated missions for domestic civil space and international space agencies in Japan and Europe, and both suborbital and orbital launches with defense applications for hypersonic technology and national security. Our new record of annual launches and the breadth of upcoming missions go to show how much of a global impact Electron continues to have on the space industry, and we\u2019re looking forward to another year of continued execution in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018The Wisdom God Guides\u2019 mission was Rocket Lab\u2019s 79th overall Electron mission and final scheduled launch for 2025. The next Electron launch is slated to take place in early Q1 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 21st Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite into space for multi-launch customer Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company. \u2018The Wisdom God Guides\u2019 mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,54,20],"class_list":["post-2267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}