{"id":665067,"date":"2026-11-03T00:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665067\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T00:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:22:13","slug":"mission-success-rocket-lab-launches-99th-electron-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665067\/","title":{"rendered":"MISSION SUCCESS: Rocket Lab Launches 99th Electron Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rocket<\/a> Rocket Lab Corporation <\/p>\n

MAHIA, New Zealand, Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)<\/a> — 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). <\/p>\n

‘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. <\/p>\n

Mission Highlights: <\/p>\n

Milestone Century In Sight: This was the 99th flight of Electron and Rocket Lab’s 20th mission of 2026, solidifying the rocket’s status as the most frequently launched commercial small rocket in the world. <\/p>\n

iQPS Partnership: As the tenth consecutive launch for iQPS with 100% mission success, “The Sea God Surveys” highlights Electron’s industry leadership in providing satellite operators with choice for how and when to scale their constellations without compromise. <\/p>\n

More Missions: Today’s launch deepens Rocket Lab’s expansive multi-launch partnership with iQPS, with eight more dedicated Electron launches booked to complete their SAR constellation by 2030. <\/p>\n

‘The Sea God Surveys’ launch images: Flight 99 | The Sea God Surveys | Flickr<\/a> <\/p>\n

‘The Sea God Surveys’ launch broadcast: Rocket Lab – ‘The Sea God Surveys’ Launch<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rocket Lab Media Contact
Murielle Baker
media@rocketlabusa.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) is an end-to-end space company delivering rockets, satellites, and spacecraft components for commercial, government, and defense missions. Driven by its industry-leading small-lift rockets Electron and HASTE and its upcoming reusable Neutron medium-lift rocket, Rocket Lab delivers reliable and responsive launch for the world’s most important missions from constellation deployment to missile defense. Rocket Lab’s satellites and components have powered more than 1,700 missions in Earth orbit, as well as deep-space exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Learn more at www.rocketlabcorp.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding our launch and space systems operations, launch schedule and window, safe and repeatable access to space, Neutron development, operational expansion and business strategy, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “strategy,” “future,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “target,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, though not all forward-looking statements use these words or expressions. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the factors, risks and uncertainties included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov<\/a> and the Investor Relations section of our website at https:\/\/investors.rocketlabcorp.com<\/a> which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Corporation MAHIA, New Zealand, Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[6638,114,357,184,268,13368,85,4141,13516,9445,46,2450,8553,9331,266,13517,4861,688,141,145,5615,13369,13370,5268,13518,270,13519],"class_list":["post-665067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-401k","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-financial-information","tag-il","tag-investing","tag-investment-tools","tag-investor","tag-israel","tag-market-news","tag-mortgage","tag-mutual-funds","tag-personal-finance","tag-quote","tag-real-estate","tag-retirement","tag-science","tag-space","tag-stock","tag-stock-research","tag-stock-valuation","tag-stocks","tag-suze-orman","tag-tax","tag-track-portfolio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}