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 has launched 32 Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand since 2017.
Rocket Lab launched its 34th Electron rocket on 2023-03-16 at 22:38 UTC.
Rocket Lab launched the "Stronger Together" mission from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.
The dedicated Rocket Lab mission for BlackSky is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens in March 2023.
Rocket Lab previously launched Capella’s first SAR satellite to orbit on the "I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical" mission in August 2020 using Electron.
Launch Complex 2 supplements Launch Complex 1 and includes Rocket Lab’s Mission Control Center, an Integration and Control Facility with payload processing facilities and 100k class cleanrooms, and a vehicle integration bay capable of processing multiple Electron rockets simultaneously.
Rocket Lab is developing the larger Neutron rocket, which is slated to debut as soon as 2024.
Rocket Lab had scheduled the "Stronger Together" launch window to open on 2023-03-11 Eastern Time before weather forced a postponement.
Rocket Lab supplied two Motorized Lightbands as separation systems to deploy the Capella satellites from Electron on the "Stronger Together" mission.
Rocket Lab has launched 32 Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand since 2017.
Rocket Lab conducted the 2023-03-16 Electron launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) successfully launched its 34th Electron rocket on 2023-03-16 at 22:38 UTC.
Rocket Lab operates three orbital launch pads across two continents, enabling the option to move Capella missions between Launch Complex 1 and Launch Complex 2 to meet customer requirements.
Rocket Lab signed a multi-launch contract with Capella Space on 2023-02-28.
Rocket Lab launched its second Electron rocket from Virginia on 2023-03-16, placing two Capella Space radar imaging satellites into orbit.
Rocket Lab states that with Launch Complexes 1 and 2 fully operational it can support as many as 130 flight opportunities every year.
The 2023-01-24 launch was Rocket Lab’s first launch from its Virginia launch site.
The 2023-02-28 contract calls for Rocket Lab to launch four Electrons in rapid succession, each carrying one satellite of Capella Space’s new Acadia series of SAR spacecraft, with launches to start in the second half of 2023.
The Electron carried two synthetic aperture radar imaging satellites built and operated by Capella Space on a mission called "Stronger Together" by Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab has airspace restrictions in place for the Stronger Together launch daily through 2023-03-17.