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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The target launch time for Rocket Lab’s "Eight Days A Week" mission is 2:10 pm EDT on March 20, 2026.
Rocket Lab received an $816 million Space Development Agency award for 18 Tranche 3 satellites.
JAXA’s fourth Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 23 on Rocket Lab’s Electron.
The target launch time for Rocket Lab’s "Eight Days A Week" mission is 7:10 am NZDT on March 21, 2026.
The target launch time for Rocket Lab’s "Eight Days A Week" mission is 18:10 UTC on March 20, 2026.
Rocket Lab is running two launch campaigns from LC-1 with back-to-back launches only days apart.
Rocket Lab's "The Daughter Of The Stars" mission for ESA will be the first launch for the new European satnav system LEO-PNT.
Rocket Lab signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mynaric in September 2025.
Rocket Lab’s first mission in the weekend sequence is "Eight Days A Week" for Synspective.
Rocket Lab's "Eight Days A Week" mission for Synspective will add another StriX satellite to Synspective's Earth observation constellation.
LC-1 is Rocket Lab’s main launch site for the Electron rocket.
Rocket Lab planned to inject $75 million immediately into Mynaric with up to $75 million more in earn-out payments.
The German Ministry of Economic Affairs initiated a Foreign Direct Investment review of Rocket Lab’s Mynaric acquisition.
Rocket Lab will run two launch campaigns from LC-1 in New Zealand during the same weekend, with launches only days apart.
Mynaric’s largest contractual relationship runs through Rocket Lab’s $515 million SDA prime contract to build 18 satellites.
Rocket Lab has a $150 million acquisition agreement for Mynaric.
Rocket Lab has committed to making Munich its central European headquarters, retaining the 300-person engineering team, and scaling up manufacturing on German soil.
Rocket Lab will deploy Synspective’s Earth-observation constellation using its Electron launch vehicle.
Rocket Lab’s program for Synspective includes 27 dedicated launch missions.
If the Ministry of Economic Affairs approves the sale, Rocket Lab will integrate Mynaric into its Space Systems division.