The company was founded in New Zealand in 2006. As of 2022, the company is developing the bigger Neutron reusable unibody rocket Photon satellite buses, and rocket engines: Rutherford, Curie, HyperCurie, and Archimedes. In addition, four attempts have been made at soft water recovery. Two attempts have been made to recover an Electron booster by helicopter. Electron rockets have launched 33 times from either Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia, United States. The company plans to build a larger Neutron rocket as early as 2024.
is a publicly traded aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider that operates and launches lightweight Electron orbital rockets, that provide dedicated launches for small satellites.
