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 Rocket Lab–Iridium combination will include satellite IoT services, direct satellite-to-device communications, and navigation, positioning, and timing services.
Rocket Lab agreed to acquire Iridium Communications in an $8 billion cash-and-stock deal.
Rocket Lab expects its acquisition of Iridium Communications to close in mid-2027.
Rocket Lab reported FY25 revenue of $602 million, while Iridium Communications generated about $872 million in revenue.
The Rocket Lab–Iridium transaction will combine Rocket Lab’s launch and satellite manufacturing capabilities with Iridium’s global communications network.
The Rocket Lab acquisition combines Rocket Lab’s launch services and space systems manufacturing with Iridium’s low-Earth orbit communications network.
Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $8 billion.
Rocket Lab CEO Sir Peter Beck leads the company.
Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire Iridium in an $8-billion cash-and-stock transaction.
Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo are providing a $3.6 billion bridge loan to partially finance Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Iridium Communications.
The Rocket Lab launches will carry the PolSIR and TSIS-2 missions.
The boards of directors of Rocket Lab and Iridium unanimously approved the acquisition.
Rocket Lab’s space systems portfolio includes the Electron small launch vehicle, the in-development Neutron medium-lift rocket, and a satellite manufacturing business that has produced spacecraft for government and commercial customers.
The acquisition combines Rocket Lab’s small-to-medium launch assets and satellite manufacturing facilities with Iridium’s operational commercial low Earth orbit network.
Rocket Lab's "The Grain Goddess Provides" mission for QPS Inc. is a constellation deployment mission to deliver another QPS-SAR satellite to low Earth orbit for QPS Inc.'s Earth-imaging constellation.
The combined Rocket Lab-Iridium company plans to prioritize direct-to-device services under the Iridium NTN Direct brand, next-generation constellation development, and defense applications in denied or degraded communications environments.
Rocket Lab VICTUS HAZE exceeded the previous TacRS record set by VICTUS NOX by more than 10 hours.
Wells Fargo and PJT Partners are advising Rocket Lab on the Iridium acquisition.
The stock exchange ratio in the Rocket Lab-Iridium transaction is subject to a collar banded between $67.50 and $112.50.
Rocket Lab has completed almost 90 launches and deployed more than 260 satellites.