Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
The mission deployed iQPS’s ninth QPS-SAR satellite and advanced a 36-satellite Earth-imaging constellation, Rocket Lab said.
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The Toronto Star
MISSION SUCCESS: Rocket Lab Launches 93rd Electron Mission
MAHIA, New Zealand, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its Electron rocket to deploy the latest Earth-imaging satellite to space for the Institute…
Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can watch the action live.An Electron vehicle is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site today, during a window that opens at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT; 1 a.m. on Aug. 21 local New Zealand time), carrying aloft a radar satellite for the Tokyo-based company iQPS.Rocket Lab will stream the proceedings live, starting at about 30 …
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