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 2023-03-24 mission was Rocket Lab’s seventh launch for BlackSky since 2019.
Launch Complex 2 was built to provide dependable and responsive launch access for Rocket Lab’s U.S. government and commercial customers.
Rocket Lab planned 15 Electron launches in 2023, a pace intended to surpass its 2022 launch record of nine launches.
The "Stronger Together" mission lifted off at 22:38 UTC on 2023-03-16 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket Lab successfully deployed two 100-kg-class Capella Space satellites to low Earth orbit.
Rocket Lab has launched 32 Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand since 2017.
Rocket Lab launched a pair of BlackSky Gen-2 imaging satellites on 2023-03-24.
Rocket Lab has delivered nine satellites to orbit for BlackSky since its first launch for them in 2019.
Rocket Lab opened a launch window for the mission on 2023-03-22 UTC.
Rocket Lab will launch a pair of satellites on a dedicated Electron mission for BlackSky through global launch services provider Spaceflight during a launch window opening 2023-03-22, UTC.
Varda has purchased three additional Rocket Lab Photon buses to build more satellites beyond the bus used for the June mission.
Rocket Lab has delivered nine satellites to orbit for BlackSky since its first launch for them in 2019.
The mission, named "The Beat Goes On," will launch two of BlackSky’s Gen-2 Earth-imaging satellites from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand.
The mission will launch two of BlackSky’s Gen-2 Earth-imaging satellites from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand.
Rocket Lab deployed two 100-kg-class Capella Space satellites to low Earth orbit on the "Stronger Together" mission.
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.
Rocket Lab deployed two 100-kg-class Capella Space satellites to low Earth orbit on the "Stronger Together" mission.
Rocket Lab’s mission named "The Beat Goes On" will launch two satellites for BlackSky on a dedicated Electron mission during a launch window opening 2023-03-22 UTC.
Rocket Lab completed its second mission from its Wallops Island, Virginia launch site on 2023-03-16.