Rocket Lab said Electron's 99th flight, The Sea God Surveys, launched from Launch Complex 1 at 5:41 a.m. NZDT on Nov. 3, 2026 (16:41 UTC on Nov. 2) and deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-20, WADATSUMI-II, to a 575 km orbit at 42 degrees. The company called it the 20th mission of 2026 and the 10th consecutive iQPS launch, with eight more dedicated flights booked through 2030. Space.com confirmed deployment at 575 km, while its count of Electron flight 90 conflicts with Rocket Lab's series, in which the Oct. 23 flight was number 98. A distributed iQPS release says first contact found the satellite healthy and lists The Mountain God Rises for QPS-SAR-19 no earlier than Nov. 14.
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