2023 · Rocket Lab
The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
successElectron | The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
QPS-SAR-5 is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite that will join a constellation after QPS-SAR-6 already in orbit. iQPS’s satellites are small, high-performance SAR satellites that use a lightweight, large, stowable antenna to collect high resolution images of Earth, even through clouds and adverse weather conditions.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 15, 2023 at 04:05 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
- Mission
- The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5)
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit