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As of August 5, 2025, iQPS indicated QPS-SAR-12, named 'KUSHINADA-I', separated from the rocket approximately 53 minutes after launch at 13:10 JST on August 5, 2025.

As of September 1, 2025, iQPS released first light images from QPS-SAR-12 'KUSHINADA-I' showing three locations: the Echigo Plain in Niigata, Makinohara area in Shizuoka, and Manhattan in New York City, United States.

Mission name 'The Harvest Goddess Thrives' was listed for an Electron launch with payload QPS-SAR-12 on Rocket Lab's mission page.

Jonathan McDowell listed tracking elements showing QPS-SAR-12 and the Electron kick stage in a 570 x 582 km orbit at 42.0 degrees inclination.

As of August 5, 2025, iQPS indicated the first communication with QPS-SAR-12 occurred approximately 30 minutes after separation.

Rocket Lab confirmed payload deployment and mission success for QPS-SAR-12 on the Electron launch.

As of August 6, 2025, QPS-SAR-12 had successfully deployed its parabolic antenna on the evening of August 5, 2025.

Rocket Lab has successfully deployed four satellites, QPS-SAR-9 through QPS-SAR-12, into their planned orbits aboard Electron in 2025.