Rocket Lab: Commercial (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

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85Orbital launches

87All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

4Satellites built

2Rockets / spacecraft

Rocket Lab is a commercial company based in the United States, founded in 2006. Our records show 85 orbital launches and 2 rockets or spacecraft.

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Sources disagree.
Country: Launch Library 2 says US; GCAT (J. McDowell) says NZ; Wikidata says NZ
Founding year: Launch Library 2 says 2006; GCAT (J. McDowell) says 2009; Wikidata says 2006
We show the value from the most detailed source and flag the difference instead of guessing.

Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
Electron	Rocket	Active	2017	99 (4 failed)	300 kg
Neutron	Rocket	Retired		0	15,000 kg

Activity

Orbital launches per year

17181920212223242526

Last 15 years. Peak: 17 launches in one year.

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
2 Nov 2026	QPS-SAR-xx	Electron	MAHIA	Success
23 Oct 2026	Hawk 16A/B/C	Electron	MAHIA	Success
26 Sep 2026	StriX-12	Electron	MAHIA	Success
19 Sep 2026	StriX-10	Electron	MAHIA	Success
11 Sep 2026	BlackSky Gen3-5	Electron	MAHIA	Success
2 Sep 2026	StriX-9	Electron	MAHIA	Success
20 Aug 2026	QPS-SAR-18	Electron	MAHIA	Success
6 Aug 2026	QPS-SAR-13	Electron	MAHIA	Success
26 Jun 2026	StriX-8	Electron	MAHIA	Success
19 Jun 2026	VICTUS HAZE Puma	Electron	MAHIA	Success
22 May 2026	StriX-7	Electron	MAHIA	Success
23 Apr 2026	JAXA ISTD-4	Electron	MAHIA	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing satellite on 99th mission to date (video) Space.com · 2 Nov 2026
Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027 NASASpaceflight · 16 Oct 2026
Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft Arstechnica · 14 Sep 2026
Rocket Lab’s Hungry Hippo completes testing NASASpaceflight · 2 Sep 2026
Aerospace demonstrates DiskSats in low-Earth orbit SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2026
Rocket Lab launches 9th satellite for iQPS SpaceNews · 20 Aug 2026
Rocket Lab to test Space Force data network connection in orbit in 2027 SpaceNews · 18 Aug 2026
Rocket Lab advances via series of announcements NASASpaceflight · 15 Aug 2026
Rocket Report: Rocket Lab shows off its flexibility; Blue Origin's two-pad plan Arstechnica · 14 Aug 2026
Space Force awards five companies $60 million for multi-vendor satellite network tests SpaceNews · 13 Aug 2026

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 3 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell) · Wikidata (Q116319 )
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.