{"id":7868,"date":"2023-12-19T01:39:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-sets-new-annual-launch-record-with-successful-launch-of-sar-satellite-for-iqps\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T01:39:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:39:35","slug":"rocket-lab-sets-new-annual-launch-record-with-successful-launch-of-sar-satellite-for-iqps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-sets-new-annual-launch-record-with-successful-launch-of-sar-satellite-for-iqps\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Sets New Annual Launch Record with Successful Launch of SAR Satellite for iQPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/rc_C_638384798902246649.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Rocket Lab Sets New Annual Launch Record with Successful Launch of SAR Satellite for iQPS\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/rc_C_638384798902246649.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/rc_C_638384798902246649.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 42nd Electron rocket and deployed a satellite for Japan-based Earth imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). The mission was Rocket Lab\u2019s 10th Electron launch for the year, surpassing the Company\u2019s previous annual record of nine launches in 2022. For the fifth year in a row, Electron has retained the title of the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually.<\/p>\n<p>The mission, named \u201cThe Moon God Awakens\u201d, launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab\u2019s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 17:05 NZDT \/ 04:05 UTC on December 15th. Named after the Japanese God of the Moon, the iQPS-SAR-5 satellite \u201cTSUKUYOMI-I\u201d is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite that will collect high-resolution images of Earth. The satellite joins another iQPS satellite already in orbit and forms part of what will eventually be a 36-satellite constellation capable of monitoring Earth at specific fixed points every 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The mission went from contract signing to successful launch in just eight months, once again demonstrating Rocket Lab\u2019s ability to provide tailored, dedicated launches on rapid timelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to our team for hitting a new annual launch record of ten missions, further cementing Electron\u2019s position as the leading small launch vehicle globally. Once again, for the fifth year running, Electron is the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and we look forward to building on that record with an even busier year of launches in 2024,\u201d said <strong>Rocket Lab<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;founder and CEO Peter Beck<\/strong>. \u201cIt has been a privilege to provide the team at iQPS with a dedicated ride to orbit on an accelerated timeline and we\u2019re honored to play a key role in building out their SAR constellation with Electron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to learn more about Rocket Lab&#8217;s Electron mission for iQPS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLwTLqaCnQ8?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 42nd Electron rocket and deployed a satellite for Japan-based Earth imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). The mission was Rocket Lab\u2019s 10th Electron launch for the year, surpassing the Company\u2019s previous annual record of nine launches [&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-7868","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\/7868"}],"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=7868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}