Rocket Lab
Long Beach, CA, United States
About
Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is a defense prime contractor based in Long Beach, United States working in space, missiles & munitions.
Rocket Lab is a global space company that develops and launches rockets, satellites and spacecraft. Its launch portfolio includes the Electron small launch vehicle, the Neutron reusable medium-lift rocket under development, and the HASTE suborbital vehicle used for hypersonic and suborbital test missions. The company also builds spacecraft platforms and satellite components such as star trackers, reaction wheels, solar power products and propulsion parts, serving commercial, civil and defense markets. Its work includes launches for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Air Force, as well as missile defense and hypersonic test contracts. Founded in 2006 by Sir Peter Beck, the company is headquartered in Long Beach, California, and has facilities in Virginia, New Zealand and other US and international sites. Rocket Lab is publicly listed on the NASDAQ exchange.
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Neutron
Reusable medium-lift launch vehicle
Reusable medium-lift rocket for deploying satellite constellations, delivering national security missions and planetary exploration missions.
Electron
Small launch vehicle
Small orbital launch vehicle with a high launch rate business model for small satellite payloads.
HASTE
Suborbital hypersonic testbed
Suborbital launch vehicle derived from Electron, providing flight test opportunities for hypersonic and suborbital technology development.
Archimedes engine
Rocket engine
Reusable, 3D-printed liquid oxygen and methane rocket engine used on Neutron's first and second stages.
Rutherford engine
Rocket engine
3D-printed, electric-pump-fed rocket engine used on the Electron launch vehicle.
Photon spacecraft
Spacecraft platform
Family of customizable spacecraft for low Earth orbit through interplanetary missions.
Star trackers and reaction wheels
Spacecraft components
Spacecraft attitude components supplied by the company's space systems division.
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