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 a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective on 2024-03-12.
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.
Viasat selected Rocket Lab USA to support Viasat’s hybrid space communications networks demonstrations by producing a spacecraft bus and providing mission operation support.
Rocket Lab will perform an advanced mid-mission maneuver with the Kick Stage to reduce radiation exposure to the Synspective satellite before deployment.
Rocket Lab USA Inc., of Long Beach, California was awarded a contract to provide flight and payload integration services.
Rocket Lab will provide a new L-band radio for InCommand called Frontier to support demonstrations of various TT&C applications.
Rocket Lab’s 'Owl Night Long' mission is scheduled to launch from Pad B at Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand.
Rocket Lab will provide a new L-band radio for InCommand called Frontier to support demonstrations of various TT&C applications.
Viasat selected Rocket Lab USA to support Viasat’s hybrid space communications networks demonstrations by producing a spacecraft bus and providing mission operation support.
Rocket Lab unveiled an updated family of advanced spacecraft buses intended to deliver speed, affordability, performance, and configurability for a range of mission profiles and customers.
Rocket Lab will provide a new L-band radio called Frontier to support InCommand demonstrations of various TT&C applications.
Viasat selected Rocket Lab USA, Inc. to produce a spacecraft bus and provide mission operation support for the InCommand hybrid space communications network demonstrations.
The Viasat–Rocket Lab partnership is part of Viasat’s work across two awards totaling $80,000,000 under NASA’s Communications Services Project (CSP).
Near Space Corp., Rocket Lab USA, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and Spire Global Subsidiary have been awarded contracts.
Rocket Lab USA Inc., of Long Beach, California was awarded a contract to provide services through demonstrated commercial capabilities.
Rocket Lab launched 10 rockets to space in 2023 and opened its first US launch site in Virginia.
Rocket Lab has introduced a family of spacecraft buses that consolidate custom designs the company developed for multiple customers and missions.
Rocket Lab’s Long Beach facility includes more than 10,000 square feet of cleanroom space and 40,000 square feet of additional production and test facilities.
Lightning is based on the same design as the custom spacecraft Rocket Lab developed for MDA and Globalstar and serves as the basis for Rocket Lab’s bus for the Space Development Agency.
Rocket Lab established an advanced spacecraft development and manufacturing complex at its Long Beach headquarters to support rapid production of its spacecraft family.