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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Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy approved Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Mynaric.
Rocket Lab’s acquisition of German laser communications company Mynaric has cleared German regulatory review and approval.
Celeste IOD-1 transmitted its first navigation signal less than two weeks after its launch on 28 March from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.
Electron is a light launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab for dedicated missions to low Earth orbit.
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher remains the primary launch vehicle for iQPS’s QPS-SAR satellites.
Rocket Lab added 3 Electron launches to its contract with iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.).
The updated Rocket Lab and iQPS agreement brings the total number of booked missions to 15.
Rocket Lab conducted 18 orbital launches in 2025.
Rocket Lab won an $816 million prime contract in December to build 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer.
Rocket Lab’s next launch for iQPS is scheduled no earlier than May 2026.
Rocket Lab is providing launch services for iQPS.
Rocket Lab is building a maneuverable spacecraft for the U.S. military’s VICTUS HAZE tactically responsive space mission to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations demonstrations in orbit.
In 2025, Rocket Lab’s space systems business accounted for two-thirds of the company’s revenue, while launch accounted for the remaining one-third.
Five companies—Rocket Lab, Stoke Space, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance—are eligible to compete for U.S. government national security missions.
Rocket Lab received the $515 million Space Development Agency Transport Layer contract in late 2023.
The average contract value under Rocket Lab’s MACH-TB 2.0 award is approximately $9.5 million per launch.
Rocket Lab’s entry into the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture supply chain followed Photon satellite bus operations, Electron mission cadence, and the Space Solar Power Project demonstration.
Rocket Lab’s Tranche 3 Tracking Layer award is a fixed-delivery obligation.
Rocket Lab’s defense backlog totaled $1.3 billion across the three cited contracts.
Rocket Lab’s Neutron targets the medium-lift launch market gap.