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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Blue Origin, Firefly, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and United Launch Alliance have transitioned existing launch or reentry licenses under Part 450 ahead of a March 2026 deadline.
Rocket Lab Corporation has a $190 million contract with the United States Department of Defense.
Rocket Lab completed horizontal checks and placed the Electron rocket vertical on the pad at LC-1.
Rocket Lab’s contract with the Space Development Agency includes building 18 satellites for the PWSA program.
Rocket Lab will execute the 20 test flights over four years.
Rocket Lab will conduct 20 hypersonic test flights with its Haste rocket for the Pentagon.
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is scheduled to launch a Synspective mission named "Eight Days A Week" from LC-1.
Rocket Lab deployed a StriX satellite for Synspective into orbit.
Rocket Lab’s Haste rocket supports flight tests with customized trajectories.
The first of Rocket Lab’s 20 MACH-TB 2.0 missions is expected to take place in the next few months.
Rocket Lab successfully deployed another StriX satellite into orbit for Synspective's Earth observation constellation.
Rocket Lab sold 28 new launches in the first quarter of the year, combining Haste missions and orbital launches on Electron.
Rocket Lab says Haste has completed hypersonic launch missions successfully since 2023 with a 100% success rate in MACH-TB activities.
Rocket Lab signed an $816 million contract with the Space Development Agency in December.
JAXA moved RAISE-4 and its rideshares from the Epsilon-S rocket to Rocket Lab’s Electron after a series of failures during Epsilon-S development.
Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and ULA have transitioned to Part 450 launch licensing requirements.
The target launch time for Rocket Lab’s "Eight Days A Week" mission is 3:10 am JST on March 21, 2026.
Rocket Lab completed a wet dress rehearsal for Synspective’s mission "Eight Days A Week".
Rocket Lab’s $816 million Space Development Agency award is the largest single SDA contract to date.
The target launch time for Rocket Lab’s "Eight Days A Week" mission is 11:10 am PDT on March 20, 2026.