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

90Orbital launches

100All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

13Satellites built

2Rockets / spacecraft

Rocket Lab USA is a commercial company based in the United States, founded in 2014. Our records show 90 orbital launches and 2 rockets or spacecraft.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Rocket Lab 85 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Planetary Systems Corporation 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Rocket Lab USA, Long Beach 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

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: 18 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
11 Jun 2026	MACH-TB?	HASTE	MARS	Success
22 May 2026	StriX-7	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
Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case NASA · 5 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

Matched by name; a headline may mention this organisation without being about it. All headlines.

Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: single source, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

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.