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iQPS Launch 8
ElectronRocket LabUnknown Pad
2026 · Date and time TBD
NextLaunch Autosequence BeginsT-02:00
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Time to launch
Launch window confidence
46% — UncertainMission brief
The mission
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
PayloadiQPS Launch 8
OrbitLEO
CustomerRocket Lab
Stages3
PadUnknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Flight plan
Mission timeline
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Launch Autosequence Begins
Electron enters its automated terminal countdown
T-02:00
11:58 PM UTC
- Launch Autosequence BeginsT-02:0011:58 PM UTC
- Rutherford IgnitionT-00:0211:59 PM UTC
The range
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Site locked
Unknown Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Global range
- Latitude
- 39.261°S
- Longitude
- 177.866°E
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Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather rules
Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
12:00 AM UTC – 12:00 AM UTC
Hardware
Vehicle & provider
Reliability
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.