Rocket Lab

Rideshare is great for some. Not for others. A dedicated launch on Electron gives small sat customers control over schedule, orbit, launch site, and payload processing. Plus, when you fly dedicated on Electron you get to name the mission. 😉

Rocket Lab has received regulatory approval to acquire Mynaric ✅ The transaction has been approved by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. We expect the transaction to close in April. Laser communications are a critical enabler for the constellations of today and tomorrow, and we plan to make them available at scale. We look forward to joining forces with the Mynaric team to make optical terminals available at the volume and pace that commercial and government satellite customers demand across Europe and our existing markets. Full details: https://lnkd.in/emzSH72V

MISSION SUCCESS 🚀 Today we launched our 85th Electron mission, a dedicated launch for the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission deployed the first two satellites of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration. Celeste will play a pioneering role in elevating the future of Europe’s satellite navigation capabilities. As Europe’s first initiative for satellite navigation in low Earth orbit, the mission will be testing next-generation technologies and add new frequency bands for satellite navigation. Celeste will demonstrate how a complementary layer flying closer to Earth can enhance Europe’s current Galileo system in medium Earth orbit, boosting the overall resilience, enhancing its performance and opening opportunities for new service capabilities directly from LEO.

Unlocking more science and exploration at Mars starts with communication. Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter is the critical infrastructure that will keep Mars missions connected and enable the next era of human exploration on the Red Planet. Learn more about the role Rocket Lab's MTO can play in NASA's Mars Telecommunications Network. https://lnkd.in/eXvrN-Wq telecommunications-orbiter/

MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed on our 84th Electron mission. Another StriX satellite is in orbit for Synspective's Earth observation constellation.

Geost and OSI recently joined the Rocket Lab team, forming the backbone of Rocket Lab Optical Systems to supply precision payloads for the most demanding missions. We’re already expanding this capability. You can be part of the growth. We’re looking for talented engineers in Tucson, AZ and Chantilly, VA across: 🛰️ Firmware 🛰️ Systems (Secret clearance required) 🛰️ Integration & Test (Secret clearance required) Open roles: https://bit.ly/4rq43VS

Human exploration and science at Mars relies on a robust telecommunications network. Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will make that possible. Proven hardware. Proven team. Proven Mars experience. We're Mars tested and MTO ready.

Humans on Mars. Science at Mars. Exploration of Mars. It all relies on communications. Rocket Lab's Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will make it possible. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8RidfGf

That's one hungry-looking hippo inside Neutron's Assembly & Integration Complex in Virginia. Our carbon composite reusable fairing - the first of its kind! - is undergoing final fluids and avionics integration, end-to-end systems testing, and installation of its canards and thermal protection system.

Highlights from the "That's Not A Knife" mission for Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Hypersonix Launch Systems launched from LC-2 with our latest hypersonic test flight. Our HASTE rocket successfully deployed DART AE, a scramjet-powered aircraft developed by Hypersonix, into a suborbital hypersonic flight environment at several times the speed of sound. "That's Not A Knife" was our second successful launch of a hypersonic test mission for the DIU in three months and 7th HASTE launch overall. With our unmatched operational speed and cadence, and the versatility to support diverse mission profiles within a single test platform, HASTE is driving significant advancements in hypersonic innovation and technology readiness for the nation.