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 new Rocket Lab reaction wheel targets the 500 kg to 1,000 kg satellite bus market.
Rocket Lab's Toronto-based subsidiary is tasked with developing a new medium-class reaction wheel.
Rocket Lab has completed certification testing for the recovery-type fairing, 'Hungry Hippo', designed for its reusable rocket, 'Neutron'.
The launch will take place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1.
This is the 19th launch of the year for Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab's next Electron launch from LC-1 will be a dedicated mission for KAIST.
Rocket Lab is expediting a dedicated Electron mission for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Rocket Lab has completed qualification testing for the Neutron launch vehicle’s 'Hungry Hippo' fairing.
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck confirmed that the maiden launch is now scheduled for 2026.
Testing extended through simulated recovery of Neutron after landing on Rocket Lab's barge named Return On Investment.
Rocket Lab plans additional pre-launch checks at Launch Complex 3, including static fire tests and a Wet Dress Rehearsal to verify the performance of the fairing and first stage.
Rocket Lab ran a broad structural and systems test campaign to qualify Hungry Hippo for flight, validating its performance under expected aerodynamic and mechanical loads.
The Hungry Hippo fairing design, structure, and operations are qualified, and the hardware is being shipped to Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 3 for pre-launch test activities.
The flight hardware for Neutron’s fairing is now en route to Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 3 in Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab tested fairing actuation under flight-like conditions, achieving opening and closing of the fairing halves in 1.5 seconds.
Payload integration and encapsulation for the 77th Electron launch has been completed at LC-1 with JAXA.
The Gen-3 satellite was the confidential commercial payload aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket launch on a mission called 'Follow My Speed.'
Rocket Lab built both spacecraft, which launched on November 13 on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
BlackSky confirmed that it was the undisclosed customer on Rocket Lab’s Electron mission last week.
Rocket Lab's next launch from LC-2 will be a normal orbital Electron launch.