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>[!success] Mission Success
>[!summary]
‘The Harvest Goddess Thrives’ was the fifth mission on Electron for multi-launch customer Japan-based Earth imaging company, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. ([[iQPS]]).
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The mission deployed QPS-SAR-12, nicknamed KUSHINADA-I for the Japanese goddess of harvest and prosperity, to a 575km circular Earth orbit to join the rest of the QPS-SAR constellation in providing high resolution synthetic aperture radar images and Earth monitoring services globally.
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>[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720328159446/)
| **Mission Name** | The Harvest Goddess Thrives |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Launch Date** | 2025-08-05 04:10 UTC |
| **Outcome** | ✅ Success |
| **Customer** | [[iQPS]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad B]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#LEO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 575 km \| 42° |
| **Payload Mass** | 100 kg |
| **Recovery** | No Attempt |
| **Mission Link** | [The Harvest Goddess Thrives](https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/missions-launched/the-harvest-goddess-thrives-2/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/F70-The-Harvest-Goddess-Thrives-Presskit.pdf) |
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## 📦 Payload
x 1 [[iQPS#🛰️ Space Systems#QPS-SAR|QPS-SAR]]
![[iQPS#🛰️ Space Systems#QPS-SAR]]
## 📽️ Launch Video
🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LAy4XiKNvQ
## 📰 News
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| File | Published |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------- |
| [[News/Mission Success for Rocket Lab’s Latest Constellation Deployment Launch for iQPS.md\|Mission Success for Rocket Lab’s Latest Constellation Deployment Launch for iQPS]] | August 05, 2025 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab Schedules Fifth Electron Mission for Constellation Operator iQPS.md\|Rocket Lab Schedules Fifth Electron Mission for Constellation Operator iQPS]] | July 31, 2025 |
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