MISSION SUCCESS: Rocket Lab Launches 99th Electron Mission
Key Highlights
- ➤Electron completes 99th flight with successful WADATSUMI-II satellite deployment
- ➤Rocket Lab conducts 20th Electron mission of 2026
- ➤iQPS reaches tenth consecutive successful Electron launch with Rocket Lab
- ➤Eight additional dedicated Electron launches booked for iQPS through 2030
MAHIA, New Zealand, Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its Electron rocket to deploy the next QPS-SAR Earth-imaging satellite to space for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS).
‘The Sea God Surveys’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 5:41 a.m. NZDT on November 3, 2026, to deploy the ‘WADATSUMI-II’ synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite to a 575km low Earth orbit. The satellite was delivered on an inclination tailored specifically to optimize iQPS’s revisit rates over the Asia-Pacific region, enabling iQPS to develop and deploy its constellation at a rapid pace to provide high resolution and near-real time SAR imagery to its global users.
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