'The Sea God Sees' Mission Scheduled by Rocket Lab
Second of a Multi-Launch Contract with Q-shu Pioneers of Space
The launch window for the second launch of a multi-launch contract with Q-shu Pioneers of Space has been announced by Rocket Lab. The mission, named ‘The Sea God Sees’, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand not earlier than May 17, 2025 at 8:15 pm local time, or 4:15 am EDT.
The mission will launch a single synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite called QPS-SAR-10 (nicknamed “WADATSUMI-I” for the Japanese god of the sea) to a 575km (≈357 mile) 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 will be 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. The first mission of the multi-launch contract, ‘The Lightning God Reigns’, was successfully deployed to space by Electron just weeks ago on March 15, 2025.
“The Sea God Sees” will be Rocket Lab’s sixth mission of 2025, its 64th Electron launch overall, and will bring the total number of satellites delivered to space by Rocket Lab to 225.