Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab USA, Inc.: A leading aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider for small satellites.
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Long Beach, CA, USFounded
2006Rocket Lab USA, Inc.: A leading aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider for small satellites.
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Dedicated access to space for small satellites
Optical Systems<br /> Rocket Lab Optical Systems delivers satellite payloads <br /> purpose-built for U.S. national security and intelligence missions.
Ready to launch? Choose between Rocket Lab's dedicated or rideshare launch programmes and deliver your payload to low Earth orbit at an unprecedented frequency.
Return to Sender Recovery UpdateA little over a week on from the Return to Sender mission, our team is still on a high from recovering an Electron booster for the first time. This was a monumental milestone and achievement for our recovery plans and sets us on a strong path to make Electron a reusable launch vehicle. Here’s how it all went down, and what’s next for the Rocket Lab reusability program.
Hawke’s Bay students interested in becoming innovators, scientists, and engineers, are being offered the opportunity to pursue STEM education thanks to Rocket Lab’s 2019 tertiary scholarship.
Rocket Lab Launches Inaugural Space Ambassador Program
Rocket Lab To Launch Commercial Earth-Imaging Rideshare Mission For Planet, Canon Electronics
Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, has been named a finalist for innovator of the year at the 2015 New Zealander of the Year Awards.
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As a global company, each Rocket Lab site has its own unique internship offerings, but each position is designed to provide students with real-world experience and an opportunity to impact real programs within the space industry. All of our internships are paid, and over 80% of internships result in employment with Rocket Lab. All current available internships are posted as jobs on our careers page.
We only hire the best talent at Rocket Lab - take a look at our available positions and see if you have what it takes to join the pioneers.
Meet the Rocket Lab team, hear about daily life at the lab and learn how you can be a part of our pioneering space programs.
Supporting great causes here on Earth
Our mission is to remove barriers to commercial space. The Electron Program was founded on the belief that small payloads require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility.
Supporting great causes here on Earth
Our mission is to remove barriers to commercial space. The Electron Program was founded on the belief that small payloads require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility.
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Rocket Lab is redefining how we access space, delivering a range of complete rocket systems and technologies, including weather monitoring, maritime data gathering, crop optimization and natural disaster management. Internet from space.
Rocket Lab is redefining how we access space, delivering a range of complete rocket systems and technologies, including weather monitoring, maritime data gathering, crop optimization and natural disaster management. Internet from space.
Blue Origin wins a NASA contract worth up to $700 million to provide telecommunications capability in Martian orbit using its Blue Ring platform. The company is to deliver the orbiter by the end of 2028 and operate the Mars telecommunications network; CEO Dave Limp says the spacecraft is already in production in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA expects the network to be operational at Mars by 2030 to support current and future missions.
Sep 2026 · GeekWireNews article
Starcloud adds a $250 million extension to its Series A, valuing the orbital AI-compute startup at $2.3 billion. The capital will fund a larger manufacturing facility and development of its Starcloud-3 spacecraft, while the company plans to launch two 8 kW Starcloud-2 compute satellites on rideshare missions in 2027 for inference customers including U.S. government agencies. Manhattan West Ventures leads the extension, which includes Nvidia and Cisco; Nvidia invests $25 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.
Aug 2026 · TechCrunchNews article
Quantum Space plans to go public through a $1.2 billion SPAC merger, with $300 million in private investment expected alongside any public proceeds. The startup is developing Ranger, a maneuverable spacecraft designed for national security missions and sustained surveillance in high orbits. Selected for the $6.2 billion Andromeda contract, Quantum Space aims to launch a Ranger prototype in 2027 and build Tulsa facilities capable of producing one spacecraft per quarter by the end of 2028.
Jun 2026 · TechCrunchNews article
Skyroot Aerospace becomes India’s first space-tech unicorn after raising $60 million at a $1.1 billion pre-money valuation ahead of its planned Vikram-1 orbital launch. The round includes about $50 million in primary equity co-led by Sherpalo Ventures and GIC, plus roughly $10 million in structured debt managed by BlackRock-affiliated funds. Skyroot says it will use the capital to scale manufacturing, increase Vikram-1 launch cadence, and develop the heavier-lift Vikram-2, expected to debut in 2027.
May 2026 · TechCrunchNews article