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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Virgin Orbit, Firefly Aerospace, Rocket Lab, and Astra contributed to US launch activity in 2021 by offering services in the small launch segment.
Rocket Lab will launch a cubesat to the Moon in May 2022.
AFRL’s rocket lab based at Edwards Air Force Base, California, is soliciting information and comments from industry on their ability to meet future responsive launch missions and to identify specific investments in technology that would improve responsive capabilities.
In 2020 the AFRL rocket lab signed an agreement with ABL Space Systems to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion components for future use in launch vehicles.
Rocket Lab built a new building at its New Zealand launch site for fueling spacecraft with hydrazine because previous Electron payloads did not use hydrazine.
The "There And Back Again" mission launched from Pad A at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 10:49 am NZST on 2022-05-03.
The mid-air capture attempt followed previous Rocket Lab recovery operations on missions 16, 20, and 22 that executed controlled ocean splashdowns and returned stages to Rocket Lab’s production complex.
Rocket Lab is postponing the 'There and Back Again' rideshare mission to no earlier than 2022-05-01 with a launch window of 22:35–00:40 UTC.
Varda Space Industries plans to use Rocket Lab’s Photon satellites as the platform for its space factories.
The RL-9 mission is named "There and Back Again" and is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab signed a contract with HawkEye 360 to deliver 15 satellites over three launches.
A U.S. Space Force satellite called Monolith launched from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand site in July 2021 instead of from Wallops.
Rocket Lab acquired Planetary Systems Corporation, a Maryland-based space hardware company, in December 2021.
Rocket Lab plans to launch Electron missions from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island no earlier than December 2022.
Rocket Lab has a multi-launch contract to provide five dedicated Electron missions for global Internet-of-Things provider Kinéis to be launched from 2023 onward.
The multi-launch contract between Rocket Lab and HawkEye 360 will deliver 15 satellites (five clusters) to low Earth orbit across three Electron missions anticipated between late 2022 and 2024.
Rocket Lab has a multi-launch contract to provide three dedicated Electron missions for Earth imaging company Synspective, the first of which launched in February 2022.
Rocket Lab has been selected by Virginia-based HawkEye 360 to launch three Electron missions.
The first HawkEye 360 mission will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket Lab will first deploy three HawkEye 360 satellites as part of a rideshare mission and will deploy six satellites each on two subsequent dedicated Electron launches for HawkEye 360.