The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
Electron, Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch time
T-0
Thu 6 Aug, 11:18 CEST
09:18 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch success with satellite in contact.
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Spacecraft separation.
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Liftoff.
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Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Updated T-0 to 09:18 UTC
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Rescheduled for August 6.
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Scrubbed for the day.
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Abort at ignition.
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New T-0.
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Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
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Updated launch pad (per video).
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New T-0.
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Launch delayed due to weather at the launch site.
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GO for launch.
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Delayed to June.
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NET May 2026.
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Added launch.
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Mission
The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Rocket file imagery
File imagery: Virginia is for Launch Lovers, 24 January 2023. Electron lifting off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops.
Credit: NASA/Danielle Johnson · Public domain (NASA) · SourceMission patches
- The Grain Goddess Provides Patch
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
Launch timeline
Times are relative to liftoff.
- T-2 min
Startup
The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
- T-2 s
Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
- T-0
Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
- T+57 s
Supersonic
Vehicle is supersonic
- T+1 min 8 s
Max-Q
Maximum dynamic pressure
- T+2 min 31 s
MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
- T+2 min 34 s
Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
- T+2 min 37 s
SES
Start of the second engine
- T+3 min 31 s
Fairing Separation
Separation of the payload fairing
- T+6 min 30 s
Battery Hotswap
Electron Second stages switches to a new set of batteries and jettisons the depleted ones.
- T+9 min 6 s
SECO
Cut-off of the second engine
- T+9 min 10 s
Kick Stage Separation
Separation of the kick stage from the previous stage
- T+46 min 35 s
Kick Stage Ignition
Start of the kick stage engine
- T+49 min 25 s
Kick Stage Cut-off
Cut-off of the kick stage engine
- T+50 min
Payload Separation
Final deployment of the payload from the rocket
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (NZ)
Coordinates: -39.262833, 177.864469
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