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Rocket Lab

US

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.

commercialFounded 2006
History · 2 eventsMay 23, 2023 · Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy, assets sold to Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch, and Vast/Launcher
Long Beach, California, United States
www.rocketlabusa.com
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Organization history

Identity changes, mergers, acquisitions, splits, and transferred business lines.

2 events

  1. May 23, 2023Dissolution

    Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy, assets sold to Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch, and Vast/Launcher

    Source
    Buyer
    Launcher Space
    Buyer
    Rocket Lab
    Buyer
    Stratolaunch
    Dissolved organization
    Virgin Orbit
    Event context

    Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy April 4, 2023 after failing to secure funding and laying off nearly its entire workforce. In a May 23, 2023 bankruptcy auction (~$36M total), assets were sold to Rocket Lab ($16.1M, Long Beach HQ), Stratolaunch ($17M, the "Cosmic Girl" 747), and Vast's Launcher subsidiary ($2.7M, Mojave facility/equipment); the company then ceased operations with no single successor.

  2. Jan 18, 2022Acquisition

    Rocket Lab acquires SolAero Holdings

    Source
    Successor
    Rocket Lab
    Acquirer
    Rocket Lab
    Acquired organization
    SolAero Technologies

    Scope: SolAero space solar power business

    Rocket Lab USA closed its acquisition of SolAero Holdings on 18 January 2022.

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