Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company and launch service provider, specializing in small satellite launches with its Electron rocket, which has launched 63 times as of April 2025. They are also developing the larger Neutron rocket for constellation deployment. Rocket Lab provides complete space solutions including satellite design and manufacture, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management, serving commercial, civil, and defense markets, with major partners including NASA and the US Space Force. Key products include the Electron and Neutron rockets, Photon satellite bus, and various satellite components.
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The Electron mission carrying LEO 3 is scheduled for lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand no earlier than 2023-07-01.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. signed a deal to launch the LEO 3 satellite for Telesat on an Electron mission scheduled for 2023-07-01.
Space Flight Laboratory selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing.
The launch of LEO 3 for Telesat and Space Flight Laboratory follows the successful deployment of three satellites built by Space Flight Laboratory for HawkEye 360 on an Electron mission in January 2023.
The Electron mission carrying the LEO 3 satellite is scheduled for lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand no earlier than 2023-07-01.
Rocket Lab won a contract on 2023-05-31 to launch LEO 3 on an Electron rocket in the third quarter of 2023.
The Coming To A Storm Near You launch lifted off on 2023-05-26 at 15:46 NZST (03:46 UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
Rocket Lab USA completed the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy NASA's TROPICS constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. completed the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA.
Rocket Lab developed the Electron vehicle to deploy spacecraft reliably and on rapid timelines to precise, bespoke orbits.
Rocket Lab has launched a total of 163 satellites to orbit.
Rocket Lab completed the 'Coming To A Storm Near You' Electron launch on 2023-05-26 at 15:46 NZST (03:46 UTC).
The 2023-05-26 'Coming To A Storm Near You' mission was Rocket Lab’s fifth mission of 2023 and the company’s 37th Electron mission overall.
Rocket Lab has launched a total of 163 satellites to orbit.
Rocket Lab used Electron’s second stage to place the Kick Stage and TROPICS satellites into a circular orbit and then used the Kick Stage’s Curie engine to carry out a plane change maneuver to position the satellites at 30 degrees inclination.
Rocket Lab’s bid includes the assumption of the lease to Virgin Orbit’s 144,000+ square foot headquarters and manufacturing complex at 4022 E. Conant St. in Long Beach, California.
NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch the remaining four TROPICS satellites on two Electron vehicles under a Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) task order in November 2022 valued at $12,990,000.
The 2023-05-25 TROPICS launch was Rocket Lab’s fifth launch in 2023.
The two satellites launched 2023-05-25 join two other satellites that Rocket Lab launched 2023-05-07 to form a four-satellite TROPICS constellation.
The 2023-05-25 Electron launch took place almost exactly six years after Rocket Lab’s first Electron launch.