Articles about Rocket Lab

Seattle’s Space Needle makes its debut on Rocket Lab mission patch, thanks to Spaceflight Inc.

What could be more fitting than to put Seattle’s Space Needle on the patch for an actual space mission? Even… Read More

Rocket Lab launches two more Earth observation satellites for BlackSky — and tracks a falling rocket

BlackSky’s Earth-watching constellation has grown by two satellites, thanks to Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle and Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.’s logistical… Read More

Space Force awards $87.5M to Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and ULA for testing

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command today announced awards totaling $87.5 million to support prototype commercial projects relating to… Read More

BlackSky Earth-observing satellites lost due to anomaly during Rocket Lab launch

Two satellites for BlackSky’s Earth observation constellation were lost today when the second stage of Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle… Read More

Seattle’s satellite industry plays leading role in BlackSky’s Earth-observing network

Update for 6:30 a.m. PT May 15: Two BlackSky satellites were lost when the second stage of Rocket Lab’s Electron… Read More

BlackSky’s latest satellite delivers first images (and AI insights) hours after launch

That didn’t take long: BlackSky says the latest Earth observation satellite in its growing constellation delivered its first imagery less… Read More

Rocket Lab’s 12th launch sends satellites into space for NRO, NASA and Australia

Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron rocket lofted a bevy of small satellites into orbit tonight for the National Reconnaissance Office, NASA… Read More

Rocket Lab launches secret payload from New Zealand for U.S. spy satellite agency

After waiting out high winds, Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron rocket launched a top-secret payload for the National Reconnaissance Office from… Read More

Rocket Lab begins construction of a second launch pad at its New Zealand complex

Just days after officially opening its Virginia launch pad, Rocket Lab announced today that it has started construction of yet… Read More

Rocket Lab’s Virginia launch pad opens for business, with Air Force as first customer

Rocket Lab today celebrated the opening of a launch complex on the Virginia coast, half a world away from its… Read More

Rocket Lab launches Japanese satellite that’s designed to spit out shooting stars for Olympics

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from its New Zealand launch pad today, sending a shooting-star satellite and six other… Read More

Spaceflight and Rocket Lab will put a Japanese shooting-star satellite into orbit

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s handling the pre-launch logistics for a Japanese satellite that’s designed to spray artificial shooting stars into… Read More

Rocket Lab launches four satellites for BlackSky, UnseenLabs and U.S. Air Force

Rocket Lab sent a foursome of satellites into orbit today for a threesome of customers, including the Seattle-based BlackSky Earth-watching… Read More

Rocket Lab will try helicopter recovery of rocket booster – and CEO will eat his hat

Taking a page from SpaceX’s playbook, Rocket Lab’s CEO says the company will try to recover the first-stage booster of… Read More

Tethers Unlimited joins forces with TriSept to test system for reducing orbital debris

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited will have its technology for deorbiting space debris put to its most ambitious test next year,… Read More

Good news, bad news for Spaceflight: Satellite rideshare market is heating up

Seattle-based Spaceflight has made a name for itself by putting together bunches of small satellites for launch on someone else’s… Read More

Rocket Lab launches seven small satellites from New Zealand for Seattle’s Spaceflight

Rocket Lab executed a picture-perfect first launch for Seattle’s Spaceflight Inc., putting BlackSky’s Global-3 Earth-observing satellite and six other small… Read More

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launches 3 U.S. military satellites from New Zealand

Rocket Lab sent a trio of research satellites for the U.S. military into orbit tonight from a launch pad that’s… Read More

Rocket Lab launches DARPA’s R3D2 experimental satellite from New Zealand

Rocket Lab executed its first launch of the year from New Zealand today, sending an experimental satellite into orbit for… Read More

Rocket Lab sends 13 miniature satellites into orbit from New Zealand for NASA

Rocket Lab has sent its first payloads for NASA into orbit from its New Zealand launch pad, atop a low-cost… Read More

Rocket Lab reports $140M in fresh funding, cementing space unicorn status

Fresh on the heels of a successful satellite launch, Rocket Lab today announced that it has received $140 million in… Read More

Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron launcher puts satellites in orbit from New Zealand

Rocket Lab executed its second orbital mission today, sending six small satellites and an experimental drag sail into orbit from… Read More

Rocket Lab picks Virginia’s Wallops Island for U.S. launch site, adding to N.Z. pad

Rocket Lab officially unveiled its plan to build a commercial launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Wallops… Read More

Spaceflight strikes deal with Rocket Lab for three satellite launch extravaganzas

Seattle-based Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three launches over the next year, including one of the first launches… Read More

Last call for the Humanity Star satellite!

Humanity Star, we hardly knew ye. When Rocket Lab revealed in January that it sent a disco-ball satellite called “the… Read More

Weeks after its launch, ‘Humanity Star’ satellite shines in West Coast skies at last

It’s been a month and a half since Rocket Lab sent a sparkly satellite called Humanity Star into orbit, but… Read More

Rocket Lab unveils ‘Humanity Star’ – a shiny satellite you can see in space

In addition to launching three Earth-watching satellites, Rocket Lab has sent up a satellite you can watch from Earth: a… Read More

Rocket Lab sends Electron rocket into orbit, marking milestone for moon mission

Rocket Lab’s two-stage Electron rocket successfully reached Earth orbit and deployed satellites for the first time today, raising hopes for… Read More

Rocket Lab celebrates coming oh so close to orbit with its maiden Electron launch

Rocket Lab didn’t quite make it to orbit on its first try, but the company’s CEO says he’s “very happy”… Read More

Rocket Lab puts its first low-cost Electron launch vehicle in space from New Zealand

Rocket Lab says its first Electron rocket “made it to space” after a test launch from a New Zealand pad,… Read More