Rocket Lab USA

Rocket Lab designs, manufactures, and operates the Electron launch vehicle, a small-lift rocket that delivers payloads to low Earth orbit using the Rutherford engine, an electric pump-fed engine produced through additive manufacturing. The company also operates HASTE, a suborbital variant of Electron for hypersonic flight testing. Rocket Lab launches from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, and Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia. The company is developing Neutron, a reusable medium-lift vehicle powered by methane and liquid oxygen Archimedes engines, designed for constellation deployment and national security missions with initial flights targeted for late 2026.

Rocket Lab's Space Systems division manufactures a family of configurable satellite buses, including the Pioneer, Lightning, and Explorer platforms. The company produces approximately 90 percent of its satellite and launch vehicle components in-house, including reaction wheels, star trackers, solar arrays, and flight software, through subsidiaries including Sinclair Interplanetary and SolAero Technologies. Rocket Lab provides mission services ranging from spacecraft design to on-orbit operations for commercial and government customers, including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force. The company is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker RKLB.