Electron • ‘The Wisdom God Guides’

December 19, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a mission for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The QPS-SAR-15 payload, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite, was launched to at 575 km circular low Earth orbit at an inclination of 42 degrees. iQPS is working towards having a constellation of 36 SAR satellites in LEO.