Japan plans to launch the QPS-SAR-20 radar satellite into orbit The American rocket laboratory company plans to launch the Japanese QPS-SAR-20 radar satellite into orbit on November 2 (reserve dates until November 16) from a launch site located on the Mahia Peninsula (New Zealand), using the Electron launch vehicle. The operating height of the satellite orbit is 575 km, the inclination is 42 degrees. Earlier, the ZVI search engine channel reported that the operator of this satellite group provides intelligence information about the activities of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to Ukraine.