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QPS-SAR-12
Japanese commercial synthetic aperture radar satellite. QPS-SAR-12 was launched on August 5, 2025 aboard a Electron from Mahia. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2025-169ANORAD 65116Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kushinada-I
- Common name
- QPS-SAR-12
- Payload designation
- QPS-SAR-12
- International designator
- 2025-169A
- NORAD catalog number
- 65116
- GCAT identifier
- S65116
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1305
Mission
- Mission type
- Radar imaging
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- QPS
- Owner
- QPS Labs
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- QPS Laboratories Co, Ltd.
- Platform (bus)
- QSAT
Launch
- Date
- August 5, 2025 · 04:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-169Success
- Rocket
- Electron
- Spaceport
- Mahia · pad LC1B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 572 km
- Apogee
- 581 km
- Inclination
- 42.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 5, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 120 kg
- Dry mass
- 100 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 3.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q135792762 (CC0).