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 contract between Synspective and Rocket Lab covers launches of individual StriX synthetic aperture radar spacecraft on Electron rockets from 2025 through 2027.
Rocket Lab has launched all four of Synspective’s SAR satellites on Electron rockets since 2020.
Rocket Lab has been the sole launch provider for Synspective’s StriX constellation and has deployed four StriX satellites across four dedicated Electron launches since 2020.
The ten new dedicated Rocket Lab launches for Synspective will occur across 2025 and 2027.
Rocket Lab has been operating regular Electron flights since 2017.
Rocket Lab’s Electron is scheduled to launch France’s "No Time Toulouse" Internet-of-Things mission on 2024-06-20 at 8:13 PM CEST (6:13 PM UTC, 6:13 AM PST on 2024-06-21).
Two launches for Synspective have already been booked on Rocket Lab and are scheduled to launch 2024 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Planet buys launch services from Astra and Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab is preparing for its 50th Electron launch.
Potential new entrants for Lane 1 include Rocket Lab, Relativity Space, and Firefly Aerospace, which are developing medium-lift rockets aimed at Lane 1 missions.
Rocket Lab will launch the No Time Toulouse mission on Electron on 2024-06-19 at 2:13 p.m. EDT (1813 UTC on 2024-06-18).
Rocket Lab will launch the No Time Toulouse mission from Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand.
The proposed CHIPS investment would create more than 100 direct manufacturing jobs at Rocket Lab’s Albuquerque facility.
Rocket Lab acquired SolAero Technologies Inc. in 2022.
Rocket Lab signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the U.S. Commerce Department that would allow the company to receive up to $23,900,000 in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act.
Rocket Lab agreed to work with NewSpace Nexus (formerly NewSpace New Mexico) as part of the funding agreements.
Rocket Lab will contribute $2,000,000 over three years to NewSpace Nexus to support the organization’s business and workforce development programs.
Rocket Lab is investing more than $70,000,000 into the New Mexico solar cell expansion project.
The State of New Mexico committed financial assistance and incentives with a total value of $25,500,000 to Rocket Lab in support of the Albuquerque expansion effort.
Rocket Lab plans to claim the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Investment Tax Credit, which is expected to be up to 25% of qualified capital expenditures.