Rocket Lab Schedules Next Mission for Multi-色花堂 Customer iQPS
Long Beach, Calif. May 05, 2025: 色花堂, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (鈥淩ocket Lab鈥 or 鈥渢he Company鈥), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the launch window for its next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS).
The mission, named 鈥楾he Sea God Sees鈥, will launch from Rocket Lab 色花堂 Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens on May 17, 2025. The mission will launch a single synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite called QPS-SAR-10 (nicknamed 鈥淲ADATSUMI-I鈥 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 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鈥檚 constellation. The first mission of the multi-launch contract, 鈥楾he Lightning God Reigns鈥, was successfully deployed to space by Electron just weeks ago on March 15, 2025.
鈥淭he Sea God Sees鈥 will be Rocket Lab鈥檚 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.
鈥淭he Sea God Sees鈥 mission information: /missions/next-mission
鈥淭he Sea God Sees鈥 launch window timing
Scheduled to launch no earlier than (NET):
- 08:15 UTC, May 17th
- 8:15 pm NZT, May 17th
- 4:15am Eastern, May 17th
- 1:15am Pacific, May 17th
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About Rocket Lab
Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with an established track record of mission success. We deliver reliable launch services, satellite manufacture, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier, and more affordable to access space. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle, a family of spacecraft platforms, and the Company is developing the large Neutron launch vehicle for constellation deployment. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab鈥檚 Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered over 200 satellites to orbit for private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab鈥檚 spacecraft platforms have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia.
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