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 DART-AE vehicle will be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter.
CesiumAstro serves as a supplier supporting Rocket Lab’s contract work for the Space Development Agency.
Companies such as Solestial and Rocket Lab target power-to-mass ratios exceeding 500–800 W/kg for high-efficiency thin-film flexible space arrays.
Rocket Lab's HASTE variant provides hypersonic test launch capability for the U.S. government and allied partners.
Rocket Lab deployed the first satellite in the NEONSAT series, NEONSAT-1, in 2024 on a mission called Beginning of The Swarm.
The NEONSAT-1A deployment extends Rocket Lab's mission track record into a new Korean Earth observation constellation focused on regional resilience and security.
Bridging The Swarm lifted off on January 30 at 2:21 p.m. NZDT (01:21 UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Sir Peter Beck is the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab expects the steady cadence of small satellite launches to continue through 2026 as government and commercial operators expand their constellations.
Rocket Lab is developing the Neutron launch vehicle to serve medium lift missions for constellation deployment, national security payloads, and exploration campaigns.
Rocket Lab’s upcoming Electron missions in 2026 include flights for commercial Earth observation operators, international space agencies, national security customers, and hypersonic technology development programs.
Rocket Lab's spacecraft platforms and components have been used in commercial, defense, and national security applications including GPS and communications constellations.
Bridging The Swarm was Rocket Lab's second mission of 2026.
Rocket Lab supplies spacecraft platforms and satellite components used across more than 1,700 missions to date.
Rocket Lab recorded a record number of launches in 2025.
Rocket Lab's spacecraft platforms and components have been used for planetary exploration missions to the Moon, Mars, and Venus.
Hungry Hippo was transported to Rocket Lab’s Neutron Assembly and Integration Complex at Wallops Island.
Rocket Lab launched KAIST’s NeonSat-1A after several delays.
Engineers and technicians at Rocket Lab will complete inspections of Hungry Hippo and prepare the fairing for further pre-launch testing at Neutron’s launch and test site.
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 at Wallops Island is the nearby launch and test site for Neutron’s pre-launch testing.