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 launched the NROL-123 mission, called 'Live and Let Fly', on an Electron launch vehicle at 03:25 EDT on 2024-03-21.
Rocket Lab operates the Electron small launch vehicle and projects its larger Neutron rocket could be ready as soon as the end of 2024.
Rocket Lab will launch the NROL-123 mission from Launch Complex 2 at NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Thursday, 2024-03-21 at 02:40 EDT.
NROL-123 is a small satellite mission that will launch from Rocket Lab’s new U.S. pad in Wallops, Virginia during a launch window that opens 2024-03-20.
StriX-3 was deployed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 561 km by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
Rocket Lab’s next launch is scheduled to liftoff no earlier than 2024-03-20, from Launch Complex 2 in Wallops, Virginia for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The "Owl Night Long" mission launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 04:03 NZDT on 2024-03-13 (15:03 UTC, 2024-03-12).
Rocket Lab will launch two more missions for Synspective as part of a multi-launch agreement signed in 2023.
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launched StriX-3 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
Rocket Lab has been the sole launch provider for Synspective’s constellation, delivering three satellites in September 2022, February 2022, and December 2020 prior to the March 2024 launch.
Rocket Lab has been the sole launch provider for Synspective’s constellation, previously delivering satellites in December 2020, February 2022, and September 2022.
Rocket Lab will launch two more missions for Synspective as part of a multi-launch agreement signed in 2023.
A multi-launch contract between Rocket Lab and Synspective announced in July 2023 includes two additional Electron launches.
Rocket Lab launched its 45th Electron rocket on the Owl Night Long mission, successfully deploying a fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite to Synspective’s Earth-observation constellation.
StriX-3 is the fourth Synspective satellite to launch to date, and all four launches were with Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab will launch two more missions for Synspective as part of a multi-launch agreement signed in 2023.
Owl Night Long launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 04:03 NZDT on 2024-03-13 (15:03 UTC, 2024-03-12).
Rocket Lab previously delivered three satellites to Synspective across launches in September 2022, February 2022, and December 2020.
Rocket Lab’s next launch is scheduled no earlier than 2024-03-20 from Launch Complex 2 in Wallops, Virginia for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The "Owl Night Long" mission launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 04:03 NZDT on 2024-03-13 (15:03 UTC on 2024-03-12).