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 received a NASA contract for two Electron launches to study energy in the polar regions.
QPS-SAR-5 will use Rocket Lab’s Mark II Motorized Lightband (MLB) as its separation system.
Using the Mark II Motorized Lightband for QPS-SAR-5 demonstrates Rocket Lab’s vertically integrated space systems strategy.
QPS-SAR-5 will launch on a dedicated Electron mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.
iQPS was originally manifested on another launch vehicle but selected Rocket Lab to launch QPS-SAR-5 on a dedicated Electron mission to expedite deployment.
QPS-SAR-5 will use Rocket Lab’s Mark II Motorized Lightband (MLB) as its separation system.
Rocket Lab signed a contract with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) for a dedicated launch of the QPS-SAR-5 satellite on an Electron rocket.
NASA awarded Rocket Lab a task order under the Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract for two Electron launches of PREFIRE Earth science cubesats in May 2024.
On 2023-08-17, Rocket Lab signed a deal to launch an Earth observation satellite on Electron for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS).
Rocket Lab scheduled the postponed Capella Space SAR launch for 2023-08-23 in a four-hour window that opens at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
Rocket Lab has a target launch cost of $7,500,000 for the Electron.
Rocket Lab won a contract on 2023-08-08 for five Electron launches of BlackSky’s Gen-3 imaging satellites starting in 2024.
Rocket Lab announced a contract on 2023-08-08 for HASTE, the suborbital version of Electron, for an undisclosed customer.
iQPS originally manifested QPS-SAR-5 on another launch vehicle before selecting Rocket Lab’s Electron.
The iQPS contract announced 2023-08-17 is the ninth Electron launch Rocket Lab has won in the month of August.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. will launch iQPS’s QPS-SAR-5 satellite on an Electron rocket.
QPS-SAR-5 will launch on a dedicated Electron mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.
iQPS originally had QPS-SAR-5 manifested on another launch vehicle but selected Rocket Lab to launch QPS-SAR-5 on a dedicated Electron mission to expedite deployment.
Rocket Lab reiterated a forecast of 15 Electron launches in the year and had completed seven launches at the time of the announcement.
QPS-SAR-5 will use Rocket Lab’s Mark II Motorized Lightband (MLB) as its separation system.