Rocket Lab said The Mountain God Rises, its 100th Electron launch, lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at 6:30 p.m. NZDT on Nov. 14 and deployed iQPS's YAMATSUMI-II satellite to a 575 km orbit. The company says it was the 11th Electron flight for iQPS, all successful since 2023, with seven more booked through 2030, and that no commercially developed rocket has reached 100 launches faster. Space.com also reported the deployment. The release does not say whether the first stage was recovered, and the mission page still used upcoming wording when opened.
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