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 launched the NROL-162 mission on 2022-07-13 under the mission name "Wise One Looks Ahead".
Rocket Lab operates three launch pads across sites in New Zealand and the United States.
NROL-199 and NROL-162 were awarded to Rocket Lab by the National Reconnaissance Office under the Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is a private launch site that has two launch pads and can support up to 120 launches per year.
Rocket Lab launched the NROL-199 mission on an Electron rocket from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 05:00 UTC on 2022-08-04.
Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon for NASA on 2022-06-28 using an Electron rocket.
Rocket Lab achieved three successful Electron launches in just over five weeks in 2022 with CAPSTONE, NROL-162, and NROL-199.
Rocket Lab achieved three successful Electron launches in just over five weeks in June–August 2022.
NROL-199 was the second of two back-to-back national security missions for the National Reconnaissance Office performed by Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon for NASA on 2022-06-28.
NROL-199 was launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Pad B.
Rocket Lab successfully launched NROL-199 at 05:00 UTC on 2022-08-04 using an Electron launch vehicle.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. launched the NROL-199 Antipodean Adventure mission on an Electron rocket from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 05:00 UTC on 2022-08-04.
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 can support up to 120 launches per year.
Rocket Lab operates three launch pads across sites in New Zealand and the United States.
Two National Reconnaissance Office missions launched 2022-07-13 and 2022-08-04 were small satellites developed jointly with the Australian government and launched on Rocket Lab vehicles from New Zealand.
Rocket Lab launched the NROL-162 Wise One Looks Ahead mission on 2022-07-13.
The National Reconnaissance Office worked closely with the New Zealand Space Agency, which licensed the NROL-199 launch, and with Rocket Lab as the launch provider.
Rocket Lab launched NASA’s CAPSTONE mission to the Moon on 2022-06-28 as an Electron mission.
SolAero was acquired by Rocket Lab in January 2022.