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 will launch the dedicated mission "Kakushin Rising" for JAXA no earlier than April 23, 2026.
Rocket Lab scheduled a sub-orbital HASTE launch codenamed Bubbles from Launch Complex 2 for April 22 at 00:00 UTC.
Rocket Lab’s Kakushin Rising mission will carry 8 cubesats for JAXA.
Rocket Lab scheduled the Kakushin Rising mission for April 23 at 03:09 UTC.
Rocket Lab is using Mynaric’s CONDOR Mk3 optical communications terminals in 36 satellites it is developing for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking and Transport layers of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The final transaction price for Mynaric AG included a nominal cash payment and nearly 2.3 million shares of Rocket Lab stock.
Germany’s government approved Rocket Lab’s acquisition plans for Mynaric in late March 2025.
The original terms for Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Mynaric AG included a $75 million upfront payment and an additional $75 million based on Mynaric’s financial performance.
Rocket Lab’s final acquisition price for Mynaric AG was $5.3 million more than the original deal terms announced in March 2025.
Rocket Lab closed its acquisition of Mynaric AG for $155.3 million.
Rocket Lab has a new contract with the Japanese company iQPS for three additional Electron launches.
Rocket Lab established a spacecraft production complex at its California headquarters to support the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
Rocket Lab has executed seven missions for iQPS since 2023.
Brian Rogers is Rocket Lab’s vice president of global launch services.
Rocket Lab previously had five additional launches booked for iQPS, including three contracted in October of the previous year.
Golden Dome, the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, Amazon Leo, and Rocket Lab’s Neutron backlog are driving a major demand ramp for space hardware.
iQPS has used Rocket Lab as its primary launch provider for most of its satellite launches.
Rocket Lab’s California spacecraft production complex is configured to meet the demands of national security space missions.
Rocket Lab’s Space Development Agency prime contracts cover 36 satellites across the Transport Layer-Beta Tranche 2 and Tracking Layer Tranche 3 programs.
Mynaric provides CONDOR Mk3 optical terminals for Rocket Lab’s $1.3 billion prime contracts with the Space Development Agency.