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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OSI had been a key supplier to Geost prior to Rocket Lab’s acquisition.
The Cassowary Vex mission will fly DART AE on a dedicated Rocket Lab launch campaign named Thats Not A Knife from Launch Complex 2 at the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab’s 2025 purchase of Geost formed the core of what is now called Rocket Lab Optical Systems.
Rocket Lab holds a total contract backlog of $1.85 billion across its launch and space systems businesses.
Rocket Lab acquired Precision Components Limited (PCL) of Auckland, New Zealand.
Rocket Lab will host the launch from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia and provide more information and live coverage via Rocket Lab online channels and a live webcast on YouTube.
Rocket Lab is creating an "Auckland Machine Complex" by integrating Precision Components Limited as a dedicated facility for high-volume, high-tolerance machined components.
Precision Components Limited had been a Rocket Lab supplier for more than 15 years.
As of Feb. 28, 2026, Rocket Lab has maintained a 100% mission success rate for its dedicated hypersonic test launches.
Rocket Lab is tasked with delivering the SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta spacecraft by 2027.
Rocket Lab expects to begin initial hardware qualification for the SDA Tranche 2 satellites in late 2026.
Rocket Lab holds a $515 million prime contract with the Space Development Agency to design, manufacture, and operate 18 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta variant.
Rocket Lab is tasked with delivering the SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta variant spacecraft by 2027.
Rocket Lab expects to deliver the first SDA Tranche 2 flight units to the Vandenberg Space Force Base integration facility by mid-2027.
Rocket Lab holds a prime contract with the Space Development Agency to design, manufacture, and operate 18 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta variant.
Rocket Lab’s revenue model has shifted from a pure-play launch provider to a vertically integrated space systems company valued at $816 million in active constellation contracts.
As of Feb. 28, 2026, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has maintained a 100% mission success rate for its dedicated hypersonic test launches.
Rocket Lab is in the Critical Design Review phase for the Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites.
As of Feb. 28, 2026, Rocket Lab has secured an aggregate $816 million in active satellite constellation contracts.
The HASTE vehicle is derived from Rocket Lab’s flight-proven Electron rocket.