"The Mountain God Rises"

Planned Nov 10, 2026

Electron carries QPS-SAR-19, nicknamed Yamatsumi-II, a synthetic aperture radar satellite for the Japanese company iQPS, to a 575 km orbit. It shares an orbital plane with Yamatsumi-I (QPS-SAR-11), launched on Electron in June 2025, and is part of iQPS's planned 36-satellite radar constellation. The mission patch shows Mount Fuji.

launching from LC-1 Mahia

aboard Electron into LEO

Payload

QPS-SAR-19

Earth observation

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