[[Home|🏠]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> <span class="no-hover">[[Launches]]</span> <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> 061 - The Lightning God Reigns >[!success] Mission Success “The Lightning God Reigns” launched from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, in New Zealand on March 15, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. NZDT (00:00 UTC) The mission launched a single [[📦 Payload Types#Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)|Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)]] imaging satellite to a 575km circular Earth orbit for iQPS called QPS-SAR-9 (nicknamed “SUSANOO-I”). The spacecraft joined iQPS’ growing Earth-imaging constellation that delivers high-resolution monitoring from specific locations every 10 minutes. ‘The Lightning God Reigns’ was the first of eight upcoming launches for iQPS across 2025 and 2026 to build out iQPS‘s constellation, and follows the Company’s [[042 - The Moon God Awakens|earlier successful mission]] for iQPS launched in December 2023. Each upcoming mission includes a Rocket Lab Motorized Lightband, used to separate and deploy the satellite from Electron once in space. [📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720324421002) #electron #launch | **Mission Name** | The Lighting God Reigns | | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Launch Date** | 2025-03-15 00:00 UTC | | **Outcome** | ✅ Success | | **Customer** | [[iQPS]] | | **Contract** | [[iQPS Four Launch Contract 2024]] | | **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad B]] | | **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] | | **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#LEO]] | | **Target Orbit** | 575 km &#124; 42° | | **Payload Mass** | 100 kg | | **Recovery** | No Attempt | | **Mission Link** | [The Lighting God Reigns](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/the-lightning-god-reigns) | | **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/F61-The-Lightning-God-Reigns-press-kit-final-.pdf) | ![[Pasted image 20250314201500.png|300]] ## Payload x 1 [[iQPS#🛰️ Space Systems#QPS-SAR|QPS-SAR]] ![[iQPS#QPS-SAR|QPS-SAR]] ## Contract This is the **first** launch in a [[iQPS Four Launch Contract 2024|Four Launch Contract]] signed in 2024. ## Launch Video  🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-cuTDrVCmQ ## News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table published as "Published" from "News" where contains(mission, [[061 - The Lightning God Reigns]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Published | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------- | | [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 61st Electron Mission, Second Launch for iQPS.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 61st Electron Mission, Second Launch for iQPS]] | March 15, 2025 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Schedules Two Launches Three Days Apart, Upcoming Mission to Deploy Final Satellites in Kinéis Constellation.md\|Rocket Lab Schedules Two Launches Three Days Apart, Upcoming Mission to Deploy Final Satellites in Kinéis Constellation]] | March 10, 2025 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Signs Second Multi-Launch Deal, Secures Eight Electron Missions with iQPS.md\|Rocket Lab Signs Second Multi-Launch Deal, Secures Eight Electron Missions with iQPS]] | February 27, 2025 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Contract with iQPS for Four Electron Missions.md\|Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Contract with iQPS for Four Electron Missions]] | February 03, 2025 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %% ![]()