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.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Rocket Lab’s Kick Stage is designed to circularize the orbits of smallsats and deploy multiple satellites to different orbits on the same launch vehicle.
The Rocket Lab launch is Myriota’s first launch in 2021 with two further launches planned.
Rocket Lab raised nearly $300,000,000 in venture capital to develop the Electron small launch vehicle and the Photon satellite bus.
Rocket Lab has launched a total of 104 satellites to orbit.
Rocket Lab and Spire each agreed to go public through mergers with special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on 2021-03-01.
Rocket Lab deployed its in-house manufactured Photon spacecraft Pathstone on the 19th Electron mission to build flight heritage ahead of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon for NASA.
An investor presentation released with Rocket Lab’s SPAC deal showed Rocket Lab had $48,000,000 in cash and included a financial model projecting negative cash flow of $76,000,000 in 2021.
The mission tested Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite bus variant called Photon Pathstone, which is based on the kick stage.
The merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation is expected to close in the second quarter and will provide Rocket Lab with about $750,000,000 in capital and value the company at $4,100,000,000.
Rocket Lab launched six smallsats on 2021-03-22.
Astra, BlackSky, Rocket Lab, and Spire planned SPAC mergers since the start of the year that together raised more than $2,000,000,000 in total.
Spire, BlackSky, Astra, and Rocket Lab announced SPAC mergers between 2021-02-02 and 2021-03-01.
Rocket Lab developed a launch facility at Wallops for its Electron rocket and will also use Wallops for its Neutron medium-class rocket while building a factory near the launch site to minimize transportation issues.
Rocket Lab will build a factory for Neutron as close as possible to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0-A to minimize transportation issues such as bridge clearances.
The SPAC transaction will provide Rocket Lab with $745,000,000 in cash from the SPAC and a concurrent funding round.
The SPAC transaction values Rocket Lab at $4,100,000,000.
Rocket Lab announced on 2021-03-01 that it would merge with Vector Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC established by Vector Capital.
Rocket Lab reported adjusted EBITDA of –$36,000,000 in 2020.
Rocket Lab projected revenue growth from $35,000,000 in 2020 to $1,570,000,000 in 2027 in an investor presentation released as part of the SPAC deal.
The state invested $100,000,000 in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport launch pad referenced by Rocket Lab.