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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Rocket Lab successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc.
The Beat Goes On mission lifted off at 09:14 UTC on 24 March 2023 from Pad B at Launch Complex 1, Rocket Lab’s private launch site on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
Rocket Lab’s previous Electron mission launched from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia seven days before the Mahia mission.
Rocket Lab planned a 2023 mission to demonstrate space debris removal technology by Astroscale Japan.
Rocket Lab planned 15 launches in 2023 and was on track that year to surpass its 2022 launch record of nine launches.
Rocket Lab planned 15 launches in 2023 and was on track to surpass its 2022 launch record of nine launches.
Rocket Lab planned the first of five dedicated missions for Internet-of-Things connectivity provider Kinéis in 2023.
Rocket Lab had several launches planned in 2023 for Capella Space.
Rocket Lab’s next scheduled mission is a dedicated launch for Spaceflight Inc. customer BlackSky from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens in March 2023.
Rocket Lab conducted an Electron launch from Virginia on 2023-03-16 carrying two Capella Space radar satellites.
Rocket Lab will use the 2023-03-24 mission to evaluate whether boosters that splash down can be refurbished for reuse.
Rocket Lab operates Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and Launch Complex 2 in Virginia.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc.
Rocket Lab plans 15 Electron launches in 2023 to surpass its 2022 record of nine launches.
Rocket Lab achieved an ocean splashdown of Electron’s first stage as part of the company’s reusability program.
Rocket Lab is expanding operations at Virginia’s Wallops Island and will host launches of the company’s larger Neutron rocket in addition to Electron launches.
On the 2023-03-24 mission, Rocket Lab planned for the Electron first stage to splash down in the ocean for recovery by a ship.
Rocket Lab successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand on 24 March 2023.
With Launch Complexes 1 and 2 fully operational, Rocket Lab can support up to 130 flight opportunities every year.
Rocket Lab successfully launched its 34th Electron rocket on 2023-03-16.