Rocket Lab News Latest Rocket Lab news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 12 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
Rocket Lab Corporation is a leading space company providing launch services, spacecraft, payloads and satellite components to commercial, government and national security customers. Its Electron rocket is the world's most frequently launched orbital small rock...
Rocket Lab Warns Neutron Debut May Slip Into 2027 As Kepler Books Dedicated Flight — Aug 16, 2026 — Rocket Lab told investors its Neutron rocket is still on track to reach the Wallops pad in Q4 but the window for a 2026 launch is narrowing, even as K...Rocket Lab Opens Munich Subsidiary To Anchor European Sovereign Space Push — Aug 15, 2026 — Rocket Lab Corp. has formally established Rocket Lab Germany GmbH in Munich, using the Mynaric acquisition as a launchpad for European satellite manuf...Rocket Lab Debuts GHOST, A Spaceport You Can Ship In A Container — Aug 11, 2026 — Rocket Lab unveiled GHOST, a containerized launch system that packages a complete Electron or HASTE launch site into shipping containers, with the fir...Rocket Lab Launches 8th iQPS SAR Satellite On 92nd Electron — Aug 7, 2026 — Rocket Lab's 'The Grain Goddess Provides' mission lifts off from Mahia, deploying the QPS-SAR-13 (MIKURA-I) satellite for iQPS, the eighth of 18 dedic...Rocket Lab Lands $397M Space Force Deal For SB-AMTI Flatellite Constellation — Aug 5, 2026 — Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) won a $397M SB-AMTI contract to develop, launch and operate multiple Flatellite spacecraft on its upcoming Neutron rocket, j...Rocket Lab Books Three More Electron Launches for Japan's iQPS SAR Constellation — Aug 1, 2026 — Rocket Lab has signed its third multi-launch deal with Japanese SAR operator iQPS in under a year, bringing total booked Electron missions to 18 and c...Rocket Lab Wins Record $266M US Space Force Contract For 12+ Suborbital Launches — Jul 29, 2026 — Rocket Lab was awarded a $266 million multi-launch contract on July 27 by the US Space Force to execute 12 suborbital launches (with an option for six...Space Force Triples NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 Ceiling To $17B For Seven Providers — Jul 19, 2026 — The U.S. Space Force raised the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract ceiling from $5.6 billion to $17 billion in a July 17, 2026 not...Rocket Lab Set to Launch NASA and Eta Space's LOXSAT Cryogenic Depot Demo — Jul 17, 2026 — Rocket Lab is targeting July 17 to launch LOXSAT, an on-orbit cryogenic fluid management demo built by Eta Space for NASA that will validate the plumb...Space Force And True Anomaly Complete 61-Hour VICTUS HAZE Intercept — Jul 5, 2026 — True Anomaly's JACKAL-0004 spacecraft found, approached and imaged a newly deployed target in 61 hours, beating the U.S. Space Force's 72-hour VICTUS...Rocket Lab To Buy Iridium For $8 Billion To Rival Starlink — Jun 30, 2026 — Rocket Lab will acquire satellite operator Iridium in an $8 billion cash-and-stock deal, gaining a global LEO network and recurring revenue to become...Rocket Lab Sets Responsive-Space Record on VICTUS HAZE Launch — Jun 28, 2026 — Rocket Lab launched the U.S. Space Force VICTUS HAZE mission 16 hours and 42 minutes after notice, deploying its own Pioneer spacecraft and shattering...