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QPS-SAR-5 is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite that will join an existing iQPS constellation.
iQPS was originally manifested on another launch vehicle but selected Rocket Lab to launch QPS-SAR-5 on a dedicated Electron mission to expedite deployment.
Rocket Lab signed a contract with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) for a dedicated launch of the QPS-SAR-5 satellite on an Electron rocket.
iQPS originally had QPS-SAR-5 manifested on another launch vehicle but selected Rocket Lab to launch QPS-SAR-5 on a dedicated Electron mission to expedite deployment.
iQPS plans a 36-satellite constellation capable of producing SAR imagery at resolutions sharper than 0.5 m.
iQPS lost the QPS-SAR-3 and QPS-SAR-4 satellites when a Japanese Epsilon rocket failed to reach orbit during an October 2022 launch.
iQPS originally manifested QPS-SAR-5 on another launch vehicle before selecting Rocket Lab’s Electron.
The iQPS contract announced 2023-08-17 is the ninth Electron launch Rocket Lab has won in the month of August.
iQPS originally contracted to launch QPS-SAR-5 on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne under a contract announced in May 2022.
On 2023-08-17, Rocket Lab signed a deal to launch an Earth observation satellite on Electron for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS).
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. will launch iQPS’s QPS-SAR-5 satellite on an Electron rocket.
iQPS was founded in 2005 by two Emeritus Professors of Kyushu University and a rocket developer to establish the space industry in the Kyushu region of Japan.
iQPS’s QPS-SAR-5 is expected to play a critical role in enabling near real-time Earth observation by iQPS’s Synthetic Aperture Radar constellation.
Virgin Orbit expects to launch QPS-SAR-5 on LauncherOne into a tailored, mid-inclination orbit to expand iQPS’s constellation coverage and revisit rate.
Virgin Orbit signed a launch services agreement with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS) for the QPS-SAR-5 satellite.
iQPS acquired 0.7 m resolution images with QPS-SAR-2, and subsequent satellites including QPS-SAR-5 are expected to achieve even higher resolution.
iQPS is planning to establish a constellation of 36 satellites to enable observation of particular locations approximately every 10 minutes.
Japan’s iQPS and Synspective are developing SAR constellations.
iQPS launched one synthetic aperture radar satellite on Transporter-1.
CrunchBase records that iQPS has raised nearly $28,000,000 since 2005.