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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Hazard areas indicated a Rocket Lab launch was scheduled NET March 4, 2026.
Rocket Lab’s growing network of facilities across New Zealand and the United States serves a total contract backlog of $1.85 billion across its launch and space systems businesses.
Geost was acquired by Rocket Lab in August 2025 and now forms part of Rocket Lab Optical Systems.
The Auckland Machine Complex will support high-volume manufacturing of components for Rocket Lab’s spacecraft customers, support acceleration of Electron rocket production rate, and supply machined components for Neutron.
Rocket Lab received a contract from the Space Development Agency related to the Tranche 3 Tracking Layer.
Rocket Lab acquired Optical Support, Inc. (OSI).
Rocket Lab acquired Precision Components Limited (PCL) in Auckland, New Zealand.
OSI’s advanced lenses and optomechanical systems are used in national security and commercial satellites and in Rocket Lab Optical Systems’ high-performance payloads for space protection, space domain awareness, missile warning, tracking, and defense.
Precision Components Limited has been a trusted supplier to Rocket Lab for more than 15 years.
Rocket Lab has extensive prior experience working with the OSI team as a key supplier to Geost.
Rocket Lab’s combination of existing machining capabilities with the Auckland Machine Complex is intended to enable the company to meet increasing global demand while maintaining rigorous quality standards.
Rocket Lab reported a 100% mission success rate for the recent HASTE launches referenced in the announcement.
Rocket Lab launched the "That's Not A Knife" mission for the Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix using its HASTE vehicle.
Rocket Lab, the Defense Innovation Unit, and Hypersonix collaborated on the HASTE hypersonic test campaign.
The "That's Not A Knife" mission was Rocket Lab's fourth HASTE launch in six months.
Open Cosmos engaged Rocket Lab to launch ConnectedCosmos’s first two satellites on January 22.
The "That's Not A Knife" mission was Rocket Lab's eleventh launch from Virginia.
Rocket Lab said integrating OSI will strengthen its vertical integration for programs including the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture and position the company for initiatives such as the Golden Dome missile defense system and future Mars exploration missions.
Rocket Lab acquired Optical Support Inc. (OSI) of Tucson, Arizona.
OSI had been a key supplier to Geost prior to Rocket Lab’s acquisition.