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Rocket Lab, trading as RKLB, delivers launch services, satellite manufacturing, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management as an end-to-end space company.
RKLBACTIVERocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering reliable launch services, satellite manufacturing, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management solutions.
Founded by Peter Beck in New Zealand, Rocket Lab has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket company after SpaceX. The Electron rocket is a dedicated small-satellite launcher, while the medium-lift Neutron rocket is in development. Rocket Lab also manufactures satellites and spacecraft components through acquisitions of SolAero, Sinclair Interplanetary, and ASI.
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DEVELOP GEOSPACE DYNAMICS CONSTELLATION (GDC) TRAILBLAZER MISSION CONCEPTS THAT WILL ADDRESS THE OBJECTIVES OF A FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD)…
NASA · $433K · May 28, 2026
Latest funding round
Follow-on Offering · $246M
Jun 25, 2024 · led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Latest SEC filing
8-K · Sep 15, 2026 · EDGAR ↗
Dedicated small satellite launcher. 3D-printed Rutherford engines.
Reusable medium-lift rocket targeting constellation deployment and human spaceflight.
Configurable satellite platform for LEO and interplanetary missions.
| Rocket Lab HQ | headquarters | Long Beach, US |
| Launch Complex 1 | launch site | Mahia Peninsula, NZ |
| Launch Complex 2 | launch site | Wallops Island, US |
| Neutron Production Complex | manufacturing | Middle River, US |
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3 dated public commitments by Rocket Lab, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Estimated: around Mon, Nov 9, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Mon, Nov 10, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Mon, Aug 10, 2026, after the market closed · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Merger or acquisition communication (425)
Merger or acquisition communication (425) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation; Other event the company chose to report
8-K items: 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 8.01 Other event the company chose to report · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Prospectus (424B3)
Sets or updates the terms of an offering; a 424B3 is often a resale prospectus for existing holders rather than new money. A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Prospectus (424B3) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Registration of shares for a merger or acquisition (S-4/A)
Amendment: Registration of shares for a merger or acquisition (S-4/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Merger or acquisition communication (425)
Merger or acquisition communication (425) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation; Other event the company chose to report
8-K items: 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 8.01 Other event the company chose to report · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)