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Launch Date
11/5/2025
Launch Site
MAHIA LC1B
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Launch Vehicle
Electron (Electron Family)
The QPS-SAR-14 satellite will join the QPS-SAR constellation to provide high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images and Earth monitoring services globally.
The mission will deploy the QPS-SAR-14 satellite, nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I, to a 575 km circular Earth orbit.
The mission will deploy a Japanese satellite, QPS-SAR-14, for its operator, iQPS.
The satellite QPS-SAR-14 is nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I, inspired by the Japanese god of nation-building and navigation.
The satellite QPS-SAR-14 will provide high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images and Earth monitoring services globally.
QPS-SAR-14 will be deployed to a 575km circular Earth orbit.
The mission will carry iQPS' QPS-SAR-14 satellite, nicknamed 'YACHIHOKO-I'.
The mission deployed QPS-SAR-14, nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I, to a 575 km circular Earth orbit.
The payload for the launch is QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I.
The Electron rocket is set to deploy the QPS-SAR-14 satellite in approximately 40 minutes.
QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' successfully deployed its parabolic antenna on the morning of November 6, 2025.
A First Light observation of QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' occurred at 14:09 local time on November 25, 2025 over Fukushima-shi, Fukushima, Japan with weather noted as cloudy and ground plane resolution of azimuth 0.46 m and range 0.55 m.
QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' deployed into its planned orbit approximately 50 minutes after launch on November 6, 2025.
QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' First Light images were released with observation dates and times on November 25 and November 26, 2025.
A First Light observation of QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' occurred at 12:39 local time on November 26, 2025 over Almaty, Kazakhstan with weather noted as sunny and ground plane resolution of azimuth 0.46 m and range 0.68 m.
QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' established its first communication approximately 35 minutes after separation on November 6, 2025.
A First Light observation of QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' occurred at 15:49 local time on November 25, 2025 over Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan with weather noted as cloudy and ground plane resolution of azimuth 0.46 m and range 0.63 m.
QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' was launched on November 6, 2025 at 4:51 a.m. JST aboard Rocket Lab's Electron on the 'The Nation God Navigates' mission.
A First Light observation of QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' occurred at 14:37 local time on November 26, 2025 over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States with weather noted as cloudy and ground plane resolution of azimuth 0.46 m and range 0.55 m.
A First Light observation of QPS-SAR-14 'YACHIHOKO-I' occurred at 10:47 local time on November 26, 2025 over Shodoshima, Kagawa, Japan with weather noted as sunny and ground plane resolution of azimuth 0.46 m and range 0.43 m.