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"The Lightning God Defends"

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The launch date was Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM (UTC).

QPS-SAR-18 (Susanoo-II)

Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-18 (SUSANOO-II) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellite to a 575 km circular low Earth orbit for the QPS-SAR constellation. It was the ninth QPS-SAR satellite deployed by Rocket Lab's Electron.

Provider
Vehicle
Location
LC-1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula
New Zealand
Launch Date
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Launch Time
1:04 PM (UTC)
Launch Time (Pad)
Result Success
COSPAR ID 2026-191

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