Electron | The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket Lab's 64th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 6,956th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 17, 08:15 – May 17, 09:15 UTC
Flight preview
The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2)
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
No booster details available.
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- Rocket Lab - 'The Sea God Sees' Launch — Rocket Lab
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+55SSupersonic
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M27SMECO
- T+2M31SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M34SSES
- T+3M17SFairing Separation
- T+6M25SBattery Hotswap
- T+9MSECO
- T+9M4SKick Stage Separation
- T+47M10SKick Stage Ignition
- T+49M41SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+50M31SPayload Separation
Updates
Satellite in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 5/17/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Changed launch pad and launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2025 · source
NET May.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/5/2025 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Local pad time: May 17, 8:17 PM GMT+12
41 launches from this pad · 78 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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