Rocket Lab Successfully Completes 92nd Electron Mission, 8th Launch for iQPS Earth-Imaging Constellation

MAHIA, New Zealand, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 13(th) Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite to space for multi-launch customer Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), operators of the QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation.

‘The Grain Goddess Provides’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 9:18 p.m. NZST on August 6, 2026 to deploy the QPS-SAR-13 satellite to space for iQPS that will join its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation providing near-real time imagery across twelve different orbits.