From a launch pad in New Zealand, a small rocket carries another eye skyward — one that sees through darkness and cloud alike. Rocket Lab's ninth mission for Tokyo-based iQPS adds SUSANOO-II, a synthetic aperture radar satellite named for a Japanese storm deity, to a growing constellation designed to watch over the Earth without pause. In the quiet arithmetic of orbital infrastructure, this single launch moves humanity another step closer to a world where commercial networks, not governments alone, hold continuous vigil over the planet's surface.