Rocket Lab news
Here we gather what the specialist press publishes about Rocket Lab: 88 stories collected since June 29, 2026, newest first and always linking to the outlet that published them. The list updates itself as new pieces come in. The recurring topics are Space, Industry, Military aviation.
August 5, 2026
The Space-Based Air Moving Targeting Indicator awards, announced Aug. 4, went to Rocket Lab, Systems & Technology Research, and a third firm whose name the service withheld “due to operational…
Rocket Lab Corporation announced today it has received a $397 million contract from the US Space Force under the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target…
Barely a week after securing its 'largest contract till date, Rocket Lab has been awarded a $397 million contract by the United States Space Force under the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target…
August 4, 2026
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab [RKLB], STR…
The companies, along with a third unidentified vendor, won $615 million in contracts for the AMTI satellite program The post Rocket Lab, STR win Space Force contracts for airborne-target tracking…
LONG BEACH, Calif. – August 4, 2026 – Positioning his company as a primary challenger to capital-intensive aerospace giants, Rocket Lab USA Inc. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sir Peter […]
August 3, 2026
July 31, 2026
Rocket Lab has signed a multi-launch deal with the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc (“iQPS”) for three new dedicated launches on Electron. This contract is iQPS' third multi-launch booking…
July 30, 2026
Rocket Lab has won another contract from Japanese radar imaging company iQPS for multiple launches of its Electron rocket. The post Rocket Lab wins another launch contract from Japan’s iQPS appeared…
July 29, 2026
True Anomaly detailed a space-to-space pursuit between the Rocket Lab-built Puma spacecraft and the True Anomaly Jackal-0004 spacecraft as part of the Victus Haze mission for the U.S. Space Force…
Rocket Lab expects to carry out the first launch before the end of the year, with most missions flying from the company's new site at the Pacific Spaceport Complex.
July 28, 2026
Rocket Lab on Monday said a recent $266 million contract it received from the Space Force is the company’s largest ever launch contract, which calls for at least 12 suborbital […] The post Rocket…
Rocket Lab will open up a new launch site at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA) in Kodiak. Launches are expected to begin no earlier than the end of this year. The post Rocket Lab Expands…
Rocket Lab has been awarded its largest launch contract to date, a $266 million multi-launch contract with the U.S. Space Force, solidifying the vertical integrator’s position in launch and critical…
July 27, 2026
Rocket Lab Corporation, a launch services and space systems company, announced today that it has been awarded its largest launch contract to date: a launch contract…
Rocket Lab just inked a $266 million deal with the U.S. Space Force to launch up to 18 suborbital missile-defense missions, most of them from Alaska's Pacific Spaceport Complex.
Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Monday said a recent $266 million contract it received from the Space Force is the company’s largest ever launch contract, which calls for at least 12 […]
New Kodiak facility will support up to 18 suborbital missions for military testing The post Rocket Lab to open Alaska launch site under $266 million Space Force deal appeared first on SpaceNews .
July 26, 2026
July 20, 2026
While the focus of late has been on Starship’s test program, three companies developing new… The post Making Progress: Relativity’s Terran R, Rocket Lab’s Neutron, and PLD Space’s Miura 5 appeared…
July 8, 2026
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket has had a record stretch through the first half of 2026,… The post Rocket Lab sees Electron gains, Neutron delays in first half of 2026 appeared first on…
July 7, 2026
July 3, 2026
July 2, 2026
True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military.
June 30, 2026
The American space company Rocket Lab has announced an agreement for the purchase of Iridium Communications, a satellite communications provider, in an operation that combines..
June 29, 2026
However, NASA decided to change strategy and assign a dedicated mission to an Electron rocket. Although the agency has not detailed the exact reason for the change, the TSIS-2 project was dragging..