Rocket Lab USA

Rocket Lab designs, manufactures, and operates the Electron launch vehicle, the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket with 84 missions completed, and HASTE, a suborbital variant for hypersonic flight testing. The company launches from three pads in New Zealand and Virginia and is developing Neutron, a reusable medium-lift vehicle for constellation deployment and national security missions targeting first launch in late 2026.

Rocket Lab's Space Systems division manufactures configurable satellite buses including the Pioneer, Lightning, and Explorer platforms, and produces approximately 90 percent of its components in-house including reaction wheels, star trackers, solar arrays, flight software, and composite structures. The Optical Systems division, built through the acquisitions of Geost and Optical Support Inc., delivers electro-optical and infrared sensors for national security missions. Rocket Lab serves commercial and government customers including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force, with a contract backlog exceeding $2 billion. The company is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker RKLB.