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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2)
Launched
May 17, 2025 · 08:17 UTC
Summary
The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on May 17, 2025 at 08:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:15 to 09:15 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 64th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 6,956th orbital launch attempt. It was the 64th Electron flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Wadatsumi-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 304 × 591 km orbit inclined 42.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'The Sea God Sees' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for iQPS
- Milestone
- 64th Electron flight · 6th this yearRocket Lab's 64th launch6th this yearhumanity's 6,956th orbital launch attempt107th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Wadatsumi-I · NORAD 64055 · 2025-104 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-104A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-17 10:54:14 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.4189305 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0210159
- Inclination
- 42.0102°
- Ascending node
- 293.502°
- Arg. of perigee
- 270.6472°
- Mean anomaly
- 203.9838°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- 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
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Wadatsumi-I · NORAD 64055 · in orbit
Electron 64 Stage 2 · re-entered June 26, 2025
Electron 64 Kick Stage · re-entered September 20, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
30th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, 3rd this year · 58th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: May 17, 8:17 PM GMT+12, at night
43 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
60 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Satellite in contact.
Show 8 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2) launch?
The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2) launched on May 17, 2025 at 08:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:15 to 09:15 UTC.
Where can I watch The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'The Sea God Sees' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was May 17, 8:17 PM GMT+12 local time at the pad.
What orbit did The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2) reach?
Wadatsumi-I, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 304 × 591 km orbit inclined 42.0°.
How many satellites did The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).