Rocket Lab News Latest Rocket Lab news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 20 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...
Iridium Stockholders Approve $8B Rocket Lab Acquisition With 99.6% Vote — Sep 27, 2026 — Iridium stockholders overwhelmingly cleared Rocket Lab's $8 billion cash-and-stock takeover with 99.6% of votes cast in favor, keeping the deal on tra...Space42 And Viasat Formalize $1B Equatys JV For 2,800-Satellite D2D LEO — Sep 23, 2026 — The signed venture pools more than 100 MHz of MSS spectrum and up to $1B in equity to build a shared LEO fleet for direct-to-device connectivity acros...SpaceX Falcon 9 Lofts 27 Starlink V2 Mini Satellites From Vandenberg — Sep 20, 2026 — SpaceX's Falcon 9 boosts 27 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites from SLC-4E on booster B1093's 17th flight; landing marks the 662nd overall recovery...Rocket Lab Marks 96th Electron Flight With 'Owl By The Dozen' Launch — Sep 20, 2026 — Rocket Lab lofts Synspective's 12th StriX satellite from Mahia in New Zealand, chalking up its 17th Electron launch of 2026 and reinforcing a partners...Space Force Names GMTI Program 'RRS-G' With Northrop As Prime, SpaceX AMTI Launches This Month — Sep 19, 2026 — The US Space Force has designated its ground moving-target radar program RRS-G with Northrop Grumman as prime, and Secretary Troy Meink confirmed SB-A...Rocket Lab Notches 16th Electron Of 2026 With Earth-Observation 'Happily Ever Faster' — Sep 17, 2026 — Rocket Lab has flown its 16th Electron mission of 2026 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, delivering a confidential Earth-observation satellite to...Rocket Lab Launches 94th Electron, Deploys StriX SAR Satellite For Synspective — Sep 4, 2026 — Rocket Lab's 'Owl Around The World' mission lifted off from New Zealand on September 3, deploying Synspective's latest StriX synthetic aperture radar...Rocket Lab Alum's Outlier Space Bags NZ$10.5M Pre-Seed For Reusable Microgravity Capsules — Sep 3, 2026 — Auckland-based Outlier Space, founded by Rocket Lab alum Jamie France, raised NZ$10.5M in a GD1-led pre-seed to build reusable satellite capsules for...Rocket Lab Preps 'Owl Around The World' Electron Launch For Synspective StriX-11 — Sep 1, 2026 — Rocket Lab's 94th Electron flight will loft Synspective's 11th StriX SAR satellite to 575 km LEO from Mahia Peninsula this week.Space Force Adds Rocket Lab To SDN Consortium With $12M In Contracts — Aug 29, 2026 — Rocket Lab has been selected into the U.S. Space Force's Space Data Network Consortium and awarded $12 million in delivery orders to demonstrate secur...Starcloud Adds $250M Series A Extension As Nvidia Bets On Orbital AI — Aug 23, 2026 — Redmond-based Starcloud added a $250 million Series A extension led by Manhattan West Ventures, with NVIDIA writing a $25 million check to back its pl...Rocket Lab launches iQPS QPS-SAR-18 'SUSANOO-II' on 14th Electron of 2026 — Aug 20, 2026 — Rocket Lab lofted iQPS's QPS-SAR-18 'SUSANOO-II' synthetic-aperture radar satellite to a 575 km mid-inclined orbit aboard Electron from Mahia today, n...Viasat Picks Rocket Lab to Build GEO Satellite for Space Force PTS-G — Aug 19, 2026 — Viasat has selected Rocket Lab to build the satellite bus for a mini-GEO spacecraft in the U.S. Space Force's Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global program...Rocket Lab Onboarded to Space Force's $981M NITE-STAR Contract — Aug 19, 2026 — Rocket Lab has joined the U.S. Space Force's NITE-STAR IDIQ vehicle, opening the door for the company to bid on task orders in a $981 million program...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...