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 said the next target launch date for the ESA mission would be set after weather conditions improve.
LC-1 is Rocket Lab’s launch complex in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab was selected as the launch partner for the Celeste mission in New Zealand to meet the required timeline.
IOD-1 was assembled by GMV and Alén Space and arrived at Rocket Lab’s Mahia complex on February 23 after integration work in Germany.
Rocket Lab is a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Rocket Lab will launch the first two satellites of the European Space Agency’s Celeste mission on an Electron rocket from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab stood down from an Electron mission for ESA because cloud and lightning conditions over LC-1 violated launch commit criteria.
Rocket Lab raised $1 billion in capital.
Rocket Lab will use its HASTE launch vehicle to perform 20 hypersonic test flights for MACH-TB 2.0 over a four-year period.
The Department of War awarded Rocket Lab a $190 million contract for a block buy of 20 hypersonic test flights for the Test Resource Management Center’s MACH-TB 2.0 program.
The first of Rocket Lab’s 20 new MACH-TB 2.0 missions is expected within months of contract signing.
Rocket Lab’s total backlog across launch and space systems exceeds $2 billion.
Rocket Lab’s HASTE missions and orbital Electron launches contributed to the company’s Q1 2026 launch sales.
Rocket Lab has completed multiple HASTE launches at speeds of Mach 5+ for the MACH-TB program since 2023.
Electron is Rocket Lab’s small launch vehicle for commercial, civil, and defense missions.
Rocket Lab has achieved a 100% mission success rate across all HASTE launches.
Rocket Lab sold 28 new launches in Q1 2026.
Rocket Lab’s launch backlog exceeds 70 launches after the MACH-TB 2.0 award.
The Rocket Lab contract is the single largest launch contract in the company’s history.
Rocket Lab shares rose 175% in 2025.