Rocket Lab

Our very own Richard French, VP of Business Development & Strategy for Space Systems, sat down with Off-Nominal Podcast today to talk about Mars Sample Return, our satellite business and how the sun isn't setting on our {space} empire 😎🚀🛰. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gXayshV5

A new frontier in space communications is here. We’ve expanded our suite of in-house radio products to deliver a wider range of high-performance, secure, and reliable command and control across LEO, deep space, and beyond. Flight-proven. Mission-ready. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3FONEby

Milestone reached on the road to Neutron's first launch 🚀 Stage 2 qualification is now complete, proving out the stage's design, operations, and readiness for flight. Neutron's Stage 2 is a novel concept. Unlike most rockets, the 13m Stage 2 hangs inside Neutron's Stage 1 from the top of the tank, rather than being supported from the bottom of the tank, enabling a very lightweight structure. When Neutron's Stage 1 fairing opens in space, Stage 2 is expelled from within before lighting up its Archimedes engine to deliver the payload to orbit. Stage 2's qualification campaign tests have included: ✔ 1,300,000+ pounds of force in tension load applied to the carbon composite structure ✔ flight-like operations combining flight software, avionics, GNC systems, & more performed in cryogenic conditions ✔ pressurization and proof testing at 125% maximum operating pressure and mechanical loads

Meet Pioneer. Proudly built and powered by Rocket Lab for Varda Space Industries, Pioneer is a vertically integrated marvel. From solar array panels to star trackers, reaction wheels, our own Curie engine, and separation systems—every major component is designed, built, and tested in-house. When we say vertically integrated, we mean it.

Neutron has been selected to compete for the nation’s top priority national security missions under the U.S. Space Force’s $5.6b NSSL program. Supporting assured access to space for the nation’s most important missions has always been the goal with Neutron, and we’re incredibly proud to be selected to provide that opportunity for the U.S. Space Force. We’re delivering Neutron to the pad at an unprecedented development pace as one of the world’s most frequent and reliable launch providers, with 63 Electron launches to date and one of only two U.S. launch providers to have launched multiple payloads to orbit so far in 2025. Neutron’s debut launch is scheduled to take place in the second half of 2025, and will be the first rocket to support the NSSL program from Wallops Island, Virginia. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4cbNlnm

That’s 3/3 in two weeks from Launch Complex 1 for Electron, supporting missions in Earth imaging, space connectivity, and now wildfire detection with OroraTech!

On Wednesdays, we launch to space 💅🚀 Lift-off from this morning’s successful mission for OroraTech, our 63rd Electron launch!

Earth imaging, space connectivity, and now wildfire detection 🚀 🚀 🚀 Today’s launch marked three launches in two weeks for international constellation operators. Frequent, reliable, dedicated launch for small satellites with Electron. Replay live broadcast of our 63rd Electron launch, a wildfire detection mission for OroraTech. https://bit.ly/41YIiSA

The view from 510 km above Earth is absolutely breathtaking! 🌍✨ Our Pioneer spacecraft is on-orbit powering Varda Space Industries' W-3 mission. Once processing is complete, the Rocket Lab team will initiate deorbit maneuvers to safely return Varda’s reentry capsule back to Earth. Learn more - https://bit.ly/43mOqU1

New mission alert 📢 Electron's next launch is for wildfire detection company OroraTech, lined up and ready to go next week from Launch Complex 1. "Finding Hot Wildfires Near You" is scheduled for launch NET March 27 UTC. Full details: https://bit.ly/3xAxsql