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’s Electron rocket will launch Synspective’s 10th StriX SAR satellite.
Rocket Lab’s Electron will launch Synspective’s Ten Owl of Ten from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.
A Rocket Lab vehicle was standing vertical on the pad at NASA Wallops Island on June 6, 2026.
Condor-Ultra can deploy from Rocket Lab’s Neutron.
The Space Development Agency’s Tranches 0, 1, and 2 awarded work to York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, L3Harris, and Sierra Space.
The nearly 10-ton-thrust Lieyan-2 firings exceeded the previous electric-pump-fed engine thrust record held by Rocket Lab’s Rutherford.
Raytheon partnered with Rocket Lab in May to support Golden Dome-related work.
Rocket Lab is involved in the broader effort to modernize and proliferate military space architectures.
Rocket Lab acquired Munich-based Mynaric to form Rocket Lab Germany.
The United States Space Force awarded Rocket Lab a $90 million contract to design, manufacture, integrate, and operate two geostationary orbit satellites.
Rocket Lab will serve as the prime contractor and end-to-end mission provider under its contract with the Space Systems Command.
The Heimdall payload was developed in-house by Rocket Lab Optical Systems after Rocket Lab acquired GEOST in 2025.
Rocket Lab holds $1.3 billion in SDA contracts for 36 satellites across the Tranche 2 Transport Layer and Tranche 3 Tracking Layer.
Rocket Lab acquired Mynaric in April for $155 million.
Rocket Lab’s geostationary orbit satellites will carry the Heimdall space domain awareness payload.
Rocket Lab will integrate the geostationary orbit payloads into its proprietary Lightning satellite bus, which has been modified for long-duration geostationary operations.
Rocket Lab reported $200.3 million in first-quarter revenue.
Mynaric supplies laser links for Rocket Lab’s SDA satellites.
German FDI approval for Rocket Lab’s acquisition of Mynaric was granted in March 2026.
Rocket Lab’s stock price pushed past $135 following the revenue report and the national security contract announcement.