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The Rocket Lab Mars telecommunications orbiter is being designed as a dedicated orbital platform to operate in the Martian environment and provide long-term stable communications.
The Rocket Lab Mars telecommunications orbiter project is part of NASA’s broader robotic exploration and long-term planning activities for Mars.
Rocket Lab will act as a developer of complex space systems for the Mars telecommunications orbiter in addition to providing launch services.
Rocket Lab announced on X on 15 February that it is developing a Mars telecommunications orbiter to support NASA’s scientific and operational objectives on Mars.
The Rocket Lab Mars telecommunications orbiter will provide telecommunications infrastructure to support NASA Mars missions including the search for signs of ancient life, characterization of Mars’s climate and geology, and preparation for future human exploration.
Rocket Lab will conduct a suborbital HASTE mission named "That's Not A Knife".
Rocket Lab’s Neutron launch vehicle was originally promised for 2024 and is now targeting mid-to-late 2026.
Brian Rogers is Rocket Lab’s Vice President of Global Launch Services.
In 2025 the Eastern and Western Ranges accounted for all but one orbital launch from the United States, with the exception being a Rocket Lab Electron launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab established operations at Wallops Island for Electron and plans to operate Neutron from Wallops to avoid Cape congestion.
The Pentagon is pushing for three viable domestic heavy-lift providers and is focusing in 2026 on certification of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and Rocket Lab’s Neutron.
NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 is a more commercial-like acquisition tier designed to integrate newer rockets from Blue Origin and Rocket Lab alongside established incumbents.
The Aerospace Corporation launched the first four DiskSats on a Rocket Lab mission in December.
The DART-AE vehicle will be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter.
CesiumAstro serves as a supplier supporting Rocket Lab’s contract work for the Space Development Agency.
Companies such as Solestial and Rocket Lab target power-to-mass ratios exceeding 500–800 W/kg for high-efficiency thin-film flexible space arrays.
Bridging The Swarm lifted off on January 30 at 2:21 p.m. NZDT (01:21 UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Rocket Lab's spacecraft platforms and components have been used for planetary exploration missions to the Moon, Mars, and Venus.
Rocket Lab’s upcoming Electron missions in 2026 include flights for commercial Earth observation operators, international space agencies, national security customers, and hypersonic technology development programs.
Rocket Lab recorded a record number of launches in 2025.