Rocket Lab completes 93rd Electron launch for iQPS satellite
Mahia, New Zealand - Rocket Lab Corporation successfully launched an Electron rocket on Thursday, August 21, 2026, at 1:04 a.m. NZST from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, according to a company press release. The mission, designated "The Lightning God Defends," transported a QPS-SAR satellite into a 575-kilometer low Earth orbit as part of iQPS's synthetic aperture radar imaging constellation.
This marked Rocket Lab's 93rd Electron mission and its 14th launch in 2026, with the company boasting a 100% success rate for iQPS satellite deployments. Rocket Lab plans to complete the constellation by 2030 through nine additional dedicated launches with iQPS.
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