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Mahia, New Zealand. September 11, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today launched its 16th Electron rocket of the year with a dedicated mission for a confidential customer....
Long Beach, California. Sept. 8, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the production release of Inverted Metamorphic (IMM) Apex, the latest iteration of its next-generatio...
Mahia, New Zealand. 03 September, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 94th Electron rocket to deploy the latest Earth-imaging satellite to space for Synsp...
21 August, 2026. MAHIA, New Zealand: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its Electron rocket to deploy the latest Earth-imaging satellite to space for the Institute ...
As NASA and its partners advance toward returning American astronauts to the Moon for the first time in nearly 60 years, Rocket Lab Robotics is helping grow our understanding of the rocky, cratered surface, essential to mission success....
Long Beach, California – Aug. 17, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been onboarded to the United States Space Force’s NITE-STAR (NSTTC Innovative Technology & En...
CARLSBAD, Calif., and LONG BEACH, Calif., August 17, 2026 -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today announced it selected Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading launch and space systems company, to bu...
Long Beach, Calif. Aug. 16, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the successful launch of eight advanced satellite platforms the Company built for MDA Space (TSX: MDA; NYSE...
Long Beach, Calif. August 10, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems today unveiled GHOST: a new globally-deployable containerized launch system to enable suborbital and orbital launches from...
Long Beach, Calif. August 10, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected to launch a dedicated Neutron mission for space infrastructure company Kepler Commun...
Munich, Germany. 10 August 2026. – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has formally announced the establishment of Rocket Lab Germany GmbH. The strategic expansion is a milestone in the company...
MAHIA, New Zealand, Aug 06, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 13th Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite to space for multi-launch c...
Long Beach, California – August 4th, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been awarded a $397 million contract by the United States Space Force under the Space-Base...
Long Beach, California. July 30, 2026 - Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced that a multi-launch deal has been signed with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc (“iQPS”) for...
Long Beach, Calif. July 27, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems today announced it has been awarded its largest launch contract to date, a $266 million multi-launch contract with the U.S. ...
LONG BEACH, Calif., 7 JULY 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced mission success for its role in the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) VICTUS HAZE mission....
Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium in Historic Deal, Creating A Fully Vertically Integrated Space Powerhouse Primed for Growth...
Mahia, New Zealand. 27 June, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has successfully placed another satellite into orbit for Synspective, achieving a significant mileston...
The PolSIR and TSIS-2 missions will fly across three dedicated Electron launches from Q1 2027 to meet each mission’s time-sensitive requirements....
Long Beach, Calif. 22 June 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has successfully launched its Electron rocket and deployed its own Pioneer spacecraft for the U.S. Space ...
Acquisition brings Mars heritage for complex planetary missions, as well as precision mechanisms essential for next-generation space infrastructure including orbital data centers and constellations...
Mahia, New Zealand – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the successful deployment of the latest satellite for Synspective, marking the ninth dedicated mission Rocket Lab has co...
Award marks Rocket Lab's first satellite production program for geostationary orbit and continues a Space Systems Command program for development and delivery on orbit of two Heimdall prototype payloads by Rocket Lab Optical Systems....
Long Beach, California. May 7, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by defense technology company Anduril Industries for multiple hypersonic test flig...
The multi-launch contract includes dedicated missions on five Neutron and three Electron rockets for a confidential customer with the launches baselined for 2026-2029...
The acquisition will add proven robotics technology used in Mars rovers and also insources precision space mechanisms such as solar array drive assemblies, one of the critical components needed for satellite constellation manufacturing....
LONG BEACH, Calif., May 7, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced that in partnership with Raytheon it has been selected to demonstrate advanced capabilities for the United States Spa...
Long Beach, California. April 23, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced its next-generation High-Performance Star Tracker (ST-HP), designed t...
Mahia, New Zealand: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its second dedicated mission for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA...
On Day 1 of the Artemis II mission, this image of Earth was captured by a camera on the tip of one of Orion's solar arrays, which are made up of thousands of Rocket Lab’s advanced solar cells for space missions. © NASA...
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 14, 2026 - Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today introduced a new electric satellite thruster designed for high-volume production t...
Rocket Lab now plans to scale Mynaric production capacity, making industry-leading satellite laser communication technology available at the volume and speed demanded by commercial and government satellite customers across Europe, the United States, ...
The upper stage of the SLS rocket separates from the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission, with Rocket Lab CSD's visible within the Orion stage adapter. © NASA...
Long Beach, California. April 9, 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed another multi-launch deal with Institute for Q-shu Pion...
By bringing industry-leading satellite laser communication technology in-house Rocket Lab will strengthen its capability to serve the national security needs of multiple sovereign nations and commercial customers globally...
Mahia, New Zealand. 28 March 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully completed its first dedicated launch for the European Space Agency (ES...
Mission Success: Rocket Lab Launches Latest Satellite for Synspective...
The new award is the single largest launch contract in Rocket Lab’s history, bringing the total number of launches in backlog to more than 70 and pushing Rocket Lab’s total backlog across launch and space systems to more than $2 billion...
Mahia, New Zealand. Match 6, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has today turned around its second successful launch in less than a week from two differen...
Long Beach, Calif. February 27: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its latest hypersonic test mission on its HASTE rocket for the De...
Long Beach, Calif. February 26, 2026 – Rocket Lab USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the successful completio...
As surging AI and compute demand pushes terrestrial data centers to their limit, space-based data centers can harness infinitely abundant solar energy in orbit thanks to Rocket Lab’s rapidly scalable silicon solar arrays Long Beach, Calif. – Februar...