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>[!warning] Mission Pending
The Nation God Navigatesā is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on November 5, 2025 UTC. The mission will deploy QPS-SAR-14, nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I for the Japanese god of nation-building, to a 575km circular Earth orbit. This satellite will join the rest of the QPS-SAR constellation in providing high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images and Earth monitoring services globally. iQPS aims to build a constellation of 36 SAR satellites that will provide near-real-time images of Earth every 10 minutes.
āThe Nation God Navigatesā will be the sixth mission deployed on Electron for iQPS, making Rocket Lab the go-to provider for their constellation.
| **Mission Name** | The Nation God Navigates |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Launch Date** | 2025-11-05 |
| **Outcome** | ā Pending |
| **Customer** | [[iQPS]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad B]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[Orbits#LEO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 575 km \| 42Ā° |
| **Payload Mass** | 100 kg |
| **Recovery** | No Attempt Likely |
| **Mission Link** | [The Nation God Navigates](https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/missions-launched/the-nation-god-navigates/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/RL-F74-The-Nation-God-Navigates-Presskit.pdf) |
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## š¦ Payload
x1 [[iQPS#QPS-SAR|QPS-SAR]]
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## š½ļø Launch Video
>[!warning] Launch video coming soon
## š° News
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| File | Published |
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| [[News/Rocket Lab Schedules Next Electron Launch, Sixth Mission for Constellation Operator iQPS.md\|Rocket Lab Schedules Next Electron Launch, Sixth Mission for Constellation Operator iQPS]] | October 20, 2025 |
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