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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A lunar-capable version of Photon was used by Rocket Lab to complete the CAPSTONE Moon mission for NASA in 2022 by sending a CubeSat on a ballistic lunar transfer.
Rocket Lab will explore using Photon spacecraft to establish on-orbit cargo depots and re-entry delivery capabilities under the CRADA with USTRANSCOM.
Rocket Lab conducted the first Electron lift-off in 2017 and has launched 29 Electron missions deploying 149 spacecraft to orbit for civil, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.
Rocket Lab operates three Electron launch pads, including two at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and a third at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.
Rocket Lab signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with U.S. Transportation Command on 2022-09-07 to explore using the company’s space launch vehicles to transport cargo around the world.
The Rutherford engine was previously launched to space and returned to Earth during Rocket Lab’s recovery mission 'There And Back Again' launched on 2022-05-02.
StriX-α was launched in December 2021 by Rocket Lab.
The single StriX-1 satellite manifested on this Electron launch will bring Rocket Lab’s tally of satellites delivered to orbit to 150.
HawkEye 360's sixth satellite cluster is slated to launch on Rocket Lab's inaugural Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia no earlier than December 2022.
StriX-β was launched in March 2022 by Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc.’s upcoming 30th Electron launch will deliver the company’s 150th payload to space.
Rocket Lab’s Electron launched five times in the first seven months of 2022.
HawkEye 360’s sixth cluster of satellites is slated to launch on Rocket Lab’s inaugural Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia no earlier than December 2022.
Rocket Lab moved its company registration from New Zealand in 2013 and operates as an American company with a New Zealand subsidiary.
The single StriX-1 satellite manifested on this Electron launch will bring Rocket Lab’s tally of satellites delivered to orbit to 150.
HawkEye 360’s sixth cluster of satellites is slated to launch on Rocket Lab’s inaugural Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia no earlier than December 2022.
StriX-β was launched in March 2022 on Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle.
HawkEye 360’s sixth cluster of satellites is slated to launch on Rocket Lab’s inaugural Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia no earlier than December 2022.
StriX-α was launched in December 2021 on Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle.
Terran Orbital and Rocket Lab collaborated with NASA to launch Capstone, a small spacecraft currently scouting the future orbit of the Lunar Gateway.