Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering launch services, spacecraft design and manufacturing, satellite components, flight software and on-orbit management. It is headquartered in Long Beach, California, and operates manufacturing and mission operations facilities in Virginia, New Mexico, Colorado, Maryland, Toronto and New Zealand. The company says its aim is to open access to space to improve life on Earth.

Launch

• Electron, a dedicated small launch vehicle described as the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket, with dedicated and rideshare options, tailored orbits and responsive launch
• HASTE, a suborbital testbed launch vehicle derived from Electron
• Neutron, a 13-tonne payload class vehicle in development for constellation deployment, cargo resupply and interplanetary missions

Spacecraft and components

• A family of configurable spacecraft including Photon and Pioneer
• Space solar cells and cover-integrated cells, which the company says power more than 1,000 spacecraft
• Flight software that the company says has operated on more than 50 spacecraft for a cumulative 150 years in space, plus mission simulation and ground software for command and control
• Star trackers, separation systems, satellite radios and reaction wheels

Recent news

The company's website reports a proposed acquisition of Iridium and its largest ever Electron commercial deal, a contract for 20 launches.

Customers

Its customer logos include NASA, the U.S. Space Force, DARPA, the National Reconnaissance Office and BlackSky.

Shows

Rocket Lab appears in the exhibitor and sponsor lists of the Small Satellite Conference, SmallSat Europe (sponsor), SmallSat Symposium (sponsor), Space Tech Expo Europe, the AMOS Conference and SATELLITE.

Contact

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