"The Lightning God Defends"
Success
AUG 20202613:00:00 UTCElectron placed QPS-SAR-18, nicknamed SUSANOO-II, into a 575 km circular orbit. The flight was the 8th of 17 dedicated launches building out iQPS's constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar satellites.
LIFTOFF
AUG 20 202613:00:00 UTC
Success
launched from LC-1A Mahia
aboard Electron into LEO
Payload
QPS-SAR-18 (SUSANOO-II)
Earth observation