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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Rocket Lab signed an acquisition agreement to acquire Mynaric in September 2025.
A decision by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs on Mynaric’s ownership is expected in the coming months and will determine whether Mynaric becomes a European production hub for Rocket Lab or a space-communications asset for Rheinmetall.
Rocket Lab will launch the hypersonic test mission 'That's Not A Knife' on HASTE for the Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix Australia.
Rocket Lab operates as a commercial provider of suborbital launch services for institutional and industrial customers.
Rocket Lab is utilizing its Lightning satellite platform and Phoenix infrared sensors to meet the Space Development Agency’s fire-control quality tracking requirements.
The German Ministry of Economic Affairs has delayed final approval of Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Mynaric while citing the strategic importance of Mynaric’s optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) for European sovereignty.
Rocket Lab is a New Zealand-founded, U.S.-headquartered firm planning to use Mynaric to fulfill high-volume contracts for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Rocket Lab provided a $150 million lifeline to Mynaric and planned vertical integration of Mynaric into its spacecraft production line.
Rocket Lab is a vertically integrated manufacturer capable of delivering infrared sensors and bus hardware at scale.
The Aerospace Corporation launched four DiskSats on Rocket Lab’s STP-S30 mission in December.
Rocket Lab hosted the NSSL team and U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) for a technical deep dive on Neutron across its Virginia and Maryland sites.
Neutron is a medium-capacity launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab to expand the company’s presence in the U.S. government launch market.
Celeste Pathfinder A will launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron mission named Daughter Of The Stars.
The Celeste launch will depart from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand launch site.
The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) team conducted a technical review of Rocket Lab’s Neutron launch vehicle together with Rocket Lab.
The mission named Cassowary Vex is scheduled to launch no earlier than late February from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.
The NSSL team’s visit involved Rocket Lab operational sites in Virginia and Maryland.
Rocket Lab will launch a hypersonic vehicle as the next payload on a dedicated mission for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
Rocket Lab is preparing the Neutron launcher for future national security missions in coordination with the competent authorities.
Rocket Lab provided hardware and software contributions to NASA Mars missions including the InSight lander, the Perseverance rover, and the Ingenuity helicopter.