Launch companies are divided on how to compete with SpaceX in a market where demand outstrips supply, yet customers remain price sensitive.

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A Rocket Lab Electron launched a South Korean imaging satellite Jan. 29 on the rocket’s second flight of the year.

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A Rocket Lab Electron launched the first satellites for a new constellation being developed by Open Cosmos that will use spectrum previously assigned to Rivada Space Networks.

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A tank built for Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket was damaged during qualification testing, threatening to further delay the vehicle’s first flight.

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Pete Hegseth praises U.S.-built satellites and rapid launch as Trump administration escalates pressure on legacy primes

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We are in an era where planetary science no longer depends on government missions. Commercial capabilities are mature and ready to deliver a higher cadence of planetary exploration that fits […]

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Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting year for the company.

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L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites

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The STP-S30 mission will test flat, disk-shaped smallsat design for sustained operations in very low orbit

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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket successfully launched a technology demonstration satellite for JAXA Dec. 13 as the company reshuffles its launch manifest.

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When a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Nov. 16, it did something that was unprecedented a decade ago but unremarkable today: it landed […]

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Earth observation company BlackSky was the confidential customer for the latest Rocket Lab launch, placing into orbit a satellite that has already returned its first images.

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Rocket Lab launched a payload for an undisclosed commercial customer Nov. 20, just hours after the company announced plans for the launch.

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Rocket Lab has delayed the first launch of its reusable Neutron rocket to 2026, saying it wants to maximize the chances that the flight will be a success.

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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company iQPS on Nov. 5.

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Rocket Lab, based in Long Beach, California, announced in March that it planned to acquire Munich-headquartered Mynaric for about $150 million

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Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft for one Japanese radar imaging company Oct. 14, just days after signing a contract for additional launches for another.

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We’re entering a new era of space. One defined not by exploration alone, but by the infrastructure that makes a sustained presence possible.  For decades, our presence in space has […]

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The Japanese space agency JAXA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a set of technology demonstration satellites on Electron rockets after continued delays with a Japanese launch vehicle.

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Synspective, a Japanese company developing a constellation of radar imaging satellites, has signed a deal with Rocket Lab for an additional 10 Electron launches.

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Rocket Lab moved a step closer to the first launch of its Neutron rocket Aug. 28 with the formal opening of the vehicle’s launch site.

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Space Systems Command: ‘This is a hosted payload program demonstrating how a commercial capability can provide flexible and adaptable space domain awareness’

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A Rocket Lab Electron placed five satellites for an undisclosed commercial customer into orbit Aug. 23.

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Blue Origin is offering a version of Blue Ring as a Mars communications orbiter as it and other companies seek ways to provide commercial services for NASA at Mars.

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