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 has received regulatory approval in Germany to acquire Mynaric.
Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Mynaric AG is valued at approximately $150 million.
Rocket Lab will keep Mynaric’s headquarters in Munich and retain its existing workforce.
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy approved Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Mynaric.
Rocket Lab is establishing Rocket Lab Europe through the Mynaric acquisition.
Rocket Lab has a $515 million prime contract with the U.S. Space Development Agency to build and operate 18 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer.
Rocket Lab plans to invest in Mynaric’s Munich facility and expand local research and development.
Rocket Lab Europe is expected to function as a semi-autonomous division that can seek direct co-investment from European sovereign wealth funds.
Rocket Lab expects the acquisition of Mynaric to close in April 2026.
The formal closing of Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Mynaric AG is scheduled for mid-April 2026.
Rocket Lab intends to apply its high-volume manufacturing processes to scale Mynaric’s output.
Rocket Lab completed payload deployment on its 85th Electron launch.
ESA's "The Daughter Of The Stars" mission reached orbit on Rocket Lab's 85th Electron launch.
Rocket Lab set T-0 for the "Daughter Of The Stars" mission at 10:14 pm NZT, 10:14 am CET, 09:14 UTC, 5:14 am ET, and 2:14 am PT on March 28, 2026.
Rocket Lab’s "Daughter Of The Stars" mission for ESA had LOx fill underway at Launch Complex 1.
Celeste IOD-1, developed by GMV and Alén Space, launched on 28 March from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand.
ESA’s Celeste mission launched IOD-1 and IOD-2 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 10:14 CET on March 28, 2026.
Rocket Lab went public with help from Stifel Venture Banking.
Rocket Lab delayed an Electron launch for an ESA mission on 25 March 2026 because weather conditions at LC-1 in New Zealand did not meet launch criteria.
Rocket Lab cited cloud cover and lightning activity as the weather parameters that prevented the Electron launch at LC-1.