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 acquired Mynaric AG for $155.3 million and closed the acquisition on April 14, 2026.
Rocket Lab established its first European footprint in Munich through the Mynaric AG acquisition.
Rocket Lab added Mynaric’s CONDOR Mk3 and HAWK optical inter-satellite link terminal lines to its space systems portfolio.
Rocket Lab completed its $155.3 million acquisition of Mynaric AG in April 2026.
Rocket Lab completed environmental tests of the vehicle for the LOXSAT mission developed for NASA in collaboration with Eta Space.
Rocket Lab’s ST-HP provides pointing accuracy better than 1 arcsecond.
Rocket Lab’s Toronto facility includes thermal chambers, vibration test stands, X-ray machines, optical inspection and calibration systems, and cleanroom environments for star tracker development and qualification.
Rocket Lab’s ST-HP has a board-level total ionizing dose tolerance greater than 50 kRad.
Rocket Lab has introduced its next-generation High-Performance Star Tracker (ST-HP).
Rocket Lab has launched more than 185 star tracker units.
Rocket Lab’s star tracker production is based in Toronto.
Rocket Lab designs and manufactures its components in the United States, Canada, Germany, and New Zealand.
Rocket Lab’s ST-HP is designed to improve key performance parameters for long-duration space missions in low Earth orbit and beyond.
Rocket Lab's next launch for Synspective is called Viva La Strix.
One of True Anomaly’s spacecraft will conduct rendezvous and proximity operations with a Rocket Lab satellite during the Space Force’s VICTUS HAZE mission.
Rocket Lab's Viva La Strix launch is scheduled for next month and will be its second launch this year.
Rocket Lab expects four additional launches in July, August, October, and December this year.
Rocket Lab designed the ST-HP for longer-duration spacecraft missions.
Rocket Lab’s ST-HV star tracker has more than 14 units on orbit and is designed for more rapid production.
Rocket Lab has introduced the High-Performance Star Tracker (ST-HP) as the next generation of its star tracker lineup.