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 launched and operated NASA's CAPSTONE mission to the Moon.
Rocket Lab proposes a commercially provided Mars Telecommunications Orbiter intended to maintain continuity for national space priorities at Mars while reducing long-term costs for taxpayers.
Rocket Lab launched the ESCAPADE twin-spacecraft mission to Mars.
Rocket Lab's launch vehicle has completed more than 80 missions, establishing a record as one of the most frequently flown small orbital rockets.
BlackSky’s third Gen-3 satellite entered commercial operations in December 2025 following a Rocket Lab launch.
The Rocket Lab Mars telecommunications orbiter will support both currently operating Mars missions and planned future missions, including initiatives preparing for human exploration.
Rocket Lab characterized the Mars telecommunications infrastructure as "invisible" but essential for the functioning of NASA’s Mars mission ecosystem.
The Rocket Lab Mars telecommunications orbiter project is part of NASA’s broader robotic exploration and long-term planning activities for Mars.
Rocket Lab will act as a developer of complex space systems for the Mars telecommunications orbiter in addition to providing launch services.
Rocket Lab announced on X on 15 February that it is developing a Mars telecommunications orbiter to support NASA’s scientific and operational objectives on Mars.
Rocket Lab’s Neutron launch vehicle is designed with a reusable first stage and an expendable second stage.
The Rocket Lab Mars telecommunications orbiter is being designed as a dedicated orbital platform to operate in the Martian environment and provide long-term stable communications.
The Rocket Lab Mars telecommunications orbiter will provide telecommunications infrastructure to support NASA Mars missions including the search for signs of ancient life, characterization of Mars’s climate and geology, and preparation for future human exploration.
Rocket Lab will conduct a suborbital HASTE mission named "That's Not A Knife".
Brian Rogers is Rocket Lab’s Vice President of Global Launch Services.
Rocket Lab’s Neutron launch vehicle was originally promised for 2024 and is now targeting mid-to-late 2026.
Rocket Lab established operations at Wallops Island for Electron and plans to operate Neutron from Wallops to avoid Cape congestion.
NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 is a more commercial-like acquisition tier designed to integrate newer rockets from Blue Origin and Rocket Lab alongside established incumbents.
The Pentagon is pushing for three viable domestic heavy-lift providers and is focusing in 2026 on certification of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and Rocket Lab’s Neutron.
The Aerospace Corporation launched the first four DiskSats on a Rocket Lab mission in December.