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Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit

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Rocket Lab launched an Earth -observing radar satellite to orbit Wednesday morning .

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket will deploy the satellite into a circular orbit 357 miles ( 575 kilometers ) above Earth .

The QPS -SAR-11 satellite's nickname, Yamatsumi-1, honors a Japanese god of the mountains.

" The Mountain God Guards " is the eighth mission of 2025 and 66th overall flight for Rocket Lab .

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