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 payload for the NG-2 mission is the ESCAPADE spacecraft consisting of two units developed by NASA and manufactured by Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab is Synspective's sole launch provider and has successfully deployed six StriX satellites across six dedicated launches from LC-1.
Rocket Lab's CEO Peter Beck stated that delivering two spacecraft for a Mars mission on time and within budget is a significant achievement.
Synspective has secured a second multi-launch agreement with Rocket Lab for 10 additional dedicated Electron launches.
Rocket Lab completed the design, build, integration, and testing of the twin spacecraft last year.
Hon Judith Collins KC MP, New Zealand Minister for Space, attended the celebration of the agreement with Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab transported the twin spacecraft ESCAPADE to Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 22.
This new agreement brings the total launch count to 21 StriX SAR satellites across multiple Rocket Lab missions.
The JUSTIN mission uses Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket in a suborbital configuration under its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program to test hypersonic technology for the U.S. government.
JUSTIN is the mission name for a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital flight, scheduled to launch on September 30, 2025, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.
JUSTIN is the mission name for a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital flight scheduled to launch on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 11:45 PM UTC.
Rocket Lab engineers are expected to complete inspections and functional tests in Astrotech cleanroom before loading propellant and other integration tasks.
Vivace Corporation produces hardware for a wide range of space customers including NASA, United Launch Alliance, Rocket Lab, and Northrop Grumman.
The JENNA mission was a suborbital flight under Rocket Lab's Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test (HASTE) program.
The JENNA launch utilized a modified version of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket.
Rocket Lab successfully launched the JENNA mission from Wallops Island, Virginia, on September 22, 2025, around 7:45 PM EDT.
Rocket Lab’s mature spacecraft manufacturing experience and vertically integrated supply chain enabled the rapid development of the spacecraft.
Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, highlighted the significance of delivering the spacecraft on schedule and within budget.
The ESCAPADE mission is based on Rocket Lab’s Explorer spacecraft platform, which is a configurable, high delta-V interplanetary variant.