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Rocket Lab is the single most prolific launch provider to BlackSky globally based on Electron missions.
Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle is on the pad at Launch Complex 1 ready to launch for a confidential commercial customer.
The planned Rocket Lab launch trajectory matches trajectories flown on launches for Synspective, iQPS, and BlackSky.
Hazard areas indicated a Rocket Lab launch was scheduled NET March 4, 2026.
Hazard areas have appeared indicating a Rocket Lab launch is scheduled NET March 5, 2026 between 22:15 and 01:50 UTC.
Mynaric is the subject of an intensified bidding contest between Rheinmetall and Rocket Lab.
Lieyan-2 generated 10 tons of thrust during the recent test with a specific impulse of 300 seconds, quadrupling the previous world electric-pump-fed engine thrust record held by Rocket Lab’s Rutherford.
Rocket Lab successfully launched Hypersonix’s DART-AE on the HASTE vehicle on March 4, 2026.
Rocket Lab is positioned as a vertically integrated prime contractor enabling defense programs including the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
Rocket Lab acquired Optical Support, Inc. (OSI).
The Auckland Machine Complex will support high-volume manufacturing of components for Rocket Lab’s spacecraft customers, support acceleration of Electron rocket production rate, and supply machined components for Neutron.
Rocket Lab has extensive prior experience working with the OSI team as a key supplier to Geost.
Geost was acquired by Rocket Lab in August 2025 and now forms part of Rocket Lab Optical Systems.
Rocket Lab’s growing network of facilities across New Zealand and the United States serves a total contract backlog of $1.85 billion across its launch and space systems businesses.
Precision Components Limited has been a trusted supplier to Rocket Lab for more than 15 years.
Rocket Lab acquired Precision Components Limited (PCL) in Auckland, New Zealand.
Rocket Lab’s combination of existing machining capabilities with the Auckland Machine Complex is intended to enable the company to meet increasing global demand while maintaining rigorous quality standards.
Rocket Lab will host the launch from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia and provide more information and live coverage via Rocket Lab online channels and a live webcast on YouTube.
The Cassowary Vex mission will fly DART AE on a dedicated Rocket Lab launch campaign named Thats Not A Knife from Launch Complex 2 at the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab’s revenue model has shifted from a pure-play launch provider to a vertically integrated space systems company valued at $816 million in active constellation contracts.