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>[!success] Mission Success
'The Sea God Sees' was Rocket Lab's third mission for Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. ([[iQPS]]), an Earth-imaging company from Japan.
'The Sea God Sees’ launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on May 17, 2025. The mission deployed a single [[📦 Payload Types#Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)|Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)]] imaging satellite called QPS-SAR-10 (nicknamed “WADATSUMI-I” for the Japanese god of the sea) to a 575km circular Earth orbit, from where the satellite will join the rest of the iQPS constellation in providing high resolution images and Earth monitoring services globally.
The mission was the third overall Electron launch for iQPS and the second in a line-up of eight dedicated missions across 2025 and 2026 to deploy iQPS’s constellation.
[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720326183963/)
#electron #launch
| **Mission Name** | The Sea God Sees |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Launch Date** | NET 2025-05-17 08:17 UTC |
| **Outcome** | ✅ Success |
| **Customer** | [[iQPS]] |
| **Contract** | [[iQPS Four Launch Contract 2024]] |
| **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad A]] |
| **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] |
| **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#LEO]] |
| **Target Orbit** | 575 km | 42° |
| **Payload Mass** | ~100kg |
| **Recovery** | No Attempt |
| **Mission Link** | [The Sea God Sees](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/the-sea-god-sees/) |
| **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/F64-iQPS-Presskit-The-Sea-God-Sees.pdf) |
![[Pasted image 20250505170132.png|300]]
## Payload
x 1 [[iQPS#🛰️ Space Systems#QPS-SAR|QPS-SAR]]
![[iQPS##QPS-SAR]]
## Contract
This is the **second** launch in a [[iQPS Four Launch Contract 2024|Four Launch Contract]] signed in 2024.
## Launch Video
🔗 Backup Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ikgtJOeDW4
## News
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| File | Published |
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| [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Third Mission for iQPS in Multi-Launch Contract, Sets Schedule For the Next iQPS Mission.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Third Mission for iQPS in Multi-Launch Contract, Sets Schedule For the Next iQPS Mission]] | May 17, 2025 |
| [[News/Rocket Lab Schedules Next Mission for Multi-Launch Customer iQPS.md\|Rocket Lab Schedules Next Mission for Multi-Launch Customer iQPS]] | May 05, 2025 |
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