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 reported that the Electron first stage appeared to perform as expected on 2021-05-15 and did not contribute to the mission failure.
Rocket Lab planned to recover the Electron first stage on the 2021-05-15 mission to test the effectiveness of enhancements made after a 2020-11-01 launch and recovery as part of its effort to make the first stage reusable.
Vector Acquisition Corporation and Rocket Lab confidentially submitted a registration statement on Form S-4 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2021-05-07.
Two Tyvak-built cubesats named Myriota 7 and Centauri 3 were launched in March by Rocket Lab for Australian companies Myriota and Fleet, respectively.
Rocket Lab continued to receive good telemetry from Electron following the safe second stage engine shutdown, providing engineers comprehensive data for review.
Rocket Lab is leading the flight review into the 2021-05-15 anomaly with support from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Prior to the 2021-05-15 anomaly, Rocket Lab had completed 17 successful Electron missions and deployed more than 100 satellites to orbit.
Rocket Lab implemented improvements to the booster's heat shield and other changes based on data collected during the first booster recovery in November 2020.
Rocket Lab stated that the booster from the 2021-05-15 launch safely completed a successful splashdown under parachute and that recovery crews were working to retrieve the booster.
An Electron rocket is scheduled to launch no earlier than 6 a.m. Eastern on 2021-05-15 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab plans one more upgrade of the Electron first stage to be tested on a launch before the end of the year that will feature a deployable decelerator intended to reduce the stage heat load by a factor of 10.
The launch will take place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
The 'Running Out of Toes' mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution multispectral satellites by the end of 2021.
The Running Out of Toes mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution, multi-spectral satellites by the end of 2021.
Rocket Lab’s Running Out of Toes mission is scheduled to take place no earlier than 2021-05-15.
The “Running Out of Toes” mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution multispectral satellites by the end of 2021.
BlackSky expects to launch two satellites on Rocket Lab’s twentieth mission, “Running Out of Toes,” scheduled no earlier than 2021-05-15.
Rocket Lab deployed one BlackSky smallsat on the rideshare mission RL-6 "They Go Up So Fast" on 2021-03-22.
The first of the four dedicated BlackSky missions is scheduled to launch in May 2021 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab deployed one BlackSky smallsat on the rideshare mission RL-6, "They Go Up So Fast," on 2021-03-22.