NASA and the University of Arizona integrated specialized positioning hardware from Rocket Lab USA to enable high-resolution thermal terrain mapping on the lunar surface.

New containerized system enables flexible suborbital and orbital launches worldwide, supporting high-frequency campaigns and time-critical national security missions across locations.

Rocket Lab is providing three dedicated launch vehicles to inject high-altitude instrumentation directly into specific, non-sun synchronous trajectories for NASA.

Rocket Lab has developed the ST-HP star tracker to provide sub-arcsecond pointing accuracy and increased radiation tolerance for complex orbital environments.

Rocket Lab is set to launch a specialized HASTE mission carrying a scramjet engine for the Defense Innovation Unit to accelerate hypersonic technology development.

The Hungry Hippo fairing enables Neutron’s fully reusable launch architecture by remaining attached through launch, deployment, and return.

The “RAISE And Shine” mission successfully deployed JAXA’s RAISE-4 technology demonstration satellite from New Zealand, marking Rocket Lab’s first dedicated launch for the Japanese space agency.

The company validated a captive fairing system designed to remain attached through ascent and landing, enabling rapid reuse and reducing handling complexity for high-cadence orbital missions.

The Nation God Navigates mission by Rocket Lab deployed the SAR satellite YACHIHOKO-I to a 575 km orbit; six more iQPS missions are planned.

Two Electron launches from New Zealand will deploy JAXA’s RAISE-4 spacecraft and a rideshare of eight satellites, showcasing Japan’s cutting-edge satellite technologies and origami-inspired deployable antenna.