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>[!success] Mission Success
>[!summary]
'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.
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'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.
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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.
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[📸 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]] |
| **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#🛰️ Space Systems#QPS-SAR]]
## 📽️ 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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