{"id":5576,"date":"2025-05-19T17:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-launches-third-mission-for-iqps-in-multi-launch-contract\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T17:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:01:41","slug":"rocket-lab-launches-third-mission-for-iqps-in-multi-launch-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-launches-third-mission-for-iqps-in-multi-launch-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Launches Third Mission for iQPS in Multi-Launch Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1747634488631_638832312906539171.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Rocket Lab Launches Third Mission for iQPS in Multi-Launch Contract\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1747634488631_638832312906539171.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1747634488631_638832312906539171.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"384\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocket Lab USA<\/strong>, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its third mission for Japanese customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space. \u2018The Sea God Sees\u2019 mission successfully launched on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 8:17 p.m. on May 17th, 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The mission carried iQPS\u2019 QPS-SAR-10, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellite, to a 575km low Earth orbit, where it was deployed as part of iQPS\u2019 growing constellation. The mission was launched just weeks\u2019 after Rocket Lab\u2019s previous launch for iQPS was deployed on March 15, 2025 demonstrating frequent, reliable, and dedicated small orbital launch for satellite operators with 100% mission success in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: Launch Vehicle Electron<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>This mission was the third overall launch for iQPS and the second in a multi-launch contract to launch eight missions for the company in 2025 and 2026. Four more launches are scheduled for launch this year, with the remaining two scheduled for 2026. Rocket Lab\u2019s next mission for iQPS is scheduled to launch in less than a month\u2019s time, from no earlier than June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocket Lab founder and CEO,<\/strong> <strong>Sir Peter Beck<\/strong>, says: \u201cAnother fantastic launch by the Electron team to flawlessly deliver another iQPS mission to orbit. Constellation deployment requires a reliable rocket with pinpoint orbital deployment accuracy that allows for the seamless integration of the latest spacecraft to the constellation \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly the service Electron continues to provide as the global leading launcher for small satellite missions. With another mission lined up with iQPS in just a few short weeks, we\u2019re looking forward to supporting their constellation with multiple missions this year and next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>iQPS CEO,<\/strong> <strong>Dr. Shunsuke Onishi<\/strong>, says: \u201cWe are truly delighted to have successfully launched our 10th satellite, \u201cWADATSUMI-I,\u201d into orbit just two months after the launch of our QPS-SAR-9 \u201cSUSANOO-I.\u201d This achievement is a remarkable milestone to the outstanding technical capabilities of our development team, and we are deeply grateful to Rocket Lab team for enabling such a precise and agile launch. With more Electron launches ahead, we\u2019re more committed than ever to accelerating the buildout of our satellite constellation, and we look forward to continuing this powerful partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its third mission for Japanese customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space. \u2018The Sea God Sees\u2019 mission successfully launched on Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 8:17 p.m. on May 17th, 2025.&nbsp; The mission carried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-5576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}