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 plans to build on Iridium Communications’ network to scale into untapped markets and pioneer new space-based services.
Deutsche Bank Securities is the lead financial advisor to Rocket Lab on the Iridium acquisition.
Rocket Lab Corporation has agreed to acquire Iridium Communications Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $54 per share.
Rocket Lab VICTUS HAZE was the first TacRS mission demonstrated with a single prime contractor responsible for design, production, integration, launch, and on-orbit operations.
Rocket Lab identifies PNT, IoT, defense and government, aviation and marine, direct-to-device, and mission services as target markets for expansion.
The Rocket Lab–Iridium transaction values Iridium at $54.00 per share and approximately $8.0 billion in aggregate enterprise value.
The boards of both companies unanimously approved the Rocket Lab-Iridium transaction.
NASA also has contracts for the astrophyics mission Aspera and the technology demonstration mission Loxsat, which will use a Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft.
Rocket Lab has secured commitments for a $3.6 billion 364-day senior secured bridge term loan facility from Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo to fund the cash component of the Iridium acquisition.
iQPS was Rocket Lab's largest customer last year, accounting for 6 of Rocket Lab's 21 launches.
Rocket Lab set the launch date for its 92nd mission and 13th Electron launch of 2026.
Rocket Lab expects to conduct 15 Electron launches for iQPS by 2030.
Rocket Lab's upcoming Electron mission for iQPS will be called "The Grain Goddess Provides".
Rocket Lab is approaching its 100th Electron launch.
Rocket Lab's mission "The Grain Goddess Provides" is a constellation deployment mission for iQPS.
Rocket Lab completed its 91st Electron mission by launching a single satellite for Japanese constellation operator Synspective from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
The Ten Owl Of Ten mission was Rocket Lab's 12th Electron launch of 2026.
Rocket Lab deployed Synspective's latest StriX satellite into a 552 km low Earth orbit for synthetic aperture radar Earth imaging.
Rocket Lab's "Ten Owl Of Ten" mission lifted off at 5:43 a.m. New Zealand time on June 27, 2026.
Rocket Lab has another Electron mission planned from Launch Complex 1 for iQPS.