Electron : QPS-SAR-10 : LC-1A : 17 May 2025 (08:15 UTC)

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Rocket Lab Schedules Next Mission for Multi-Launch Customer iQPS
05/05/2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), 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 ‘The Sea God Sees’, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch 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 “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 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.

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/

Mission Name: The Sea God Sees
Rocket: Electron
Launch Date: NET May 17, 2025
Launch Site: Launch Complex 1
Launch Time: NET 08:15 UTC
Payload: QPS-SAR-10 (WADATSUMI-I)

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Press kit: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/F64-iQPS-Presskit-The-Sea-God-Sees.pdf

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NGA notice for this launch.

122040Z MAY 25
HYDROPAC 1206/25(76,83).
SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   0045Z TO 0945Z DAILY 17 THRU 30 MAY
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 39-36.00S 176-24.00W, 40-42.00S 170-00.00W,
      42-06.00S 170-22.20W, 41-00.00S 176-57.60W.
   B. 41-15.60S 162-46.20W, 41-12.00S 153-44.40W,
      42-48.00S 153-36.00W, 42-50.40S 162-54.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301045Z MAY 25.

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An NGA rocket launching notice for this launch.

130421Z MAY 25
HYDROPAC 1212/25(76,76,83).
SOUTH PACIFIC.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   0045Z TO 0945Z DAILY 17 THRU 30 MAY
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 39-12.00S 177-49.00E, 39-12.00S 177-57.00E,
      39-12.00S 178-10.20E, 39-16.80S 178-28.80E,
      39-24.00S 179-00.00E, 39-36.00S 179-00.00E,
      39-36.00S 178-27.00E, 39-38.40S 178-00.00E,
      39-24.00S 177-42.00E.
   B. 39-36.00S 176-24.00W, 40-42.00S 170-00.00W,
      42-06.00S 170-22.20W, 41-00.00S 176-57.60W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301045Z MAY 25.//