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 Synspective mission named The Owl’s Night Begins on 15 December 2020.
Rocket Lab’s Baby Come Back mission is scheduled to launch on 2023-07-14 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. signed a deal with Synspective to launch two dedicated Electron missions.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has signed a deal with Synspective to launch two dedicated Electron missions.
In April, Rocket Lab announced plans to refly a single Rutherford engine on an Electron later 2023, representing the company’s first engine reuse.
Rocket Lab has been launching for Synspective since 2020 when the company deployed the first satellite in Synspective’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation.
Including the two new missions, Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch three missions for Synspective beginning in late 2023 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
The 'Baby Come Back' mission is scheduled to deploy from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens on 2023-07-14 UTC.
Space Flight Laboratory selected Rocket Lab to launch Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite.
Rocket Lab USA signed a dedicated launch deal with Spire Global to deliver four Space Situational Awareness satellites to low Earth orbit for NorthStar Earth & Space.
The mission was originally manifested with a now-defunct launch provider and has been added to Rocket Lab’s 2023 launch manifest to provide an expedited launch.
Space Flight Laboratory selected Rocket Lab to launch Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite.
The 'Baby Come Back' mission is scheduled to deploy from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens 2023-07-14 UTC.
Spire Global previously launched with Rocket Lab on Electron’s first two commercial missions, Still Testing and Its Business Time, in 2018.
The dedicated mission on Rocket Lab’s Electron will deploy the satellites to a 530 km circular orbit from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens in September 2023.
The 'Baby Come Back' mission is scheduled to launch from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens 2023-07-14 UTC.
The Electron mission will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a launch window that opens in September 2023.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has signed a dedicated launch agreement with Spire Global to deliver four Space Situational Awareness satellites to low Earth orbit for NorthStar Earth & Space Inc.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. signed a dedicated launch deal with Spire Global to deliver four Space Situational Awareness satellites to low Earth orbit for NorthStar Earth & Space Inc.
The Telesat LEO 3 microsatellite arrived at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand 2023-06-19.