20K views · 377 reactions | A stunning day to go to space. Mission success for our 61st Electron launch, with the QPS-SAR-9 deployed to orbit for iQPS. Mission info: www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/the-lightning-god-reigns | Rocket Lab | Facebook

40K views · 1K reactions | Rocket Lab has launched their Electron Rocket on the “The Lightning God Reigns” mission lifting off from Launch Complex 1B on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. On board todays mission, was the QPS-SAR-9 imaging satellite, for Japan-based Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), as part of a constellation that will include 24 satellites when fully deployed by 2027.  Rocket Lab | NASASpaceflight.com | Facebook