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Electron launch of NEONSAT-1A

Launch companies debate how to compete against SpaceX

by Jeff Foust February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

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

Electron launch of NEONSAT-1A

Rocket Lab launches South Korean satellite

by Jeff Foust January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Electron launch

Rocket Lab launches first satellites for Open Cosmos constellation

by Jeff Foust January 22, 2026January 22, 2026

Rocket Lab suffers Neutron testing setback

by Jeff Foust January 22, 2026January 22, 2026

Pentagon chief takes ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ tour to Rocket Lab

by Sandra Erwin January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

An illustration of Rocket Lab’s proposed Earth Return Orbiter, which would capture a container of samples launched from the Martian surface to return to Earth. Credit: Rocket Lab

From the Magazine

Interplanetary science needs a commercial backbone

by Peter Beck January 8, 2026

Electron launch

Rocket Lab wraps up record launch year

by Jeff Foust December 21, 2025December 21, 2025

Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites

by Sandra Erwin December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

Rocket Lab launches Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment

by Sandra Erwin December 16, 2025December 18, 2025

Electron launch of RAISE-4

Rocket Lab launches JAXA tech demo satellite

by Jeff Foust December 14, 2025December 14, 2025