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Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Production of the new carbon composite forward dome for Neutron’s Stage 1 propellant tank is underway. Our automated fiber placement (AFP) machine follows a computer-controlled course to lay down thousands of strands of carbon fiber - each thinner than a human hair - at speeds of up to 100 meters per minute to create Stage 1’s structures on custom molds. Once the AFP machine is finished with the new forward dome it will be rolled out, inspected, then prepared for the curing process to harden the carbon composite.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Wet Dress Rehearsal DONE ✅ Electron is ready for its 98th launch and latest mission from Launch Complex 1. 'We're Not Hawking Around' will deploy 3x HAWK satellites to a 520km LEO for @hawkeye360 to expand their RF-sensing constellation that collects signal data for maritime tracking, radar monitoring, and more. The launch window opens tomorrow, Oct 21: 🚀8:00pm NZDT 🚀07:00 UTC 🚀3:00 am EDT 🚀00:00 am PDT

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Great to have you through our Long Beach production complex, @CAgovernor! Proud to be building on California's extensive aerospace heritage and creating the future.

Governor Gavin Newsom@CAgovernorOct 15

Had a fantastic time visiting @RocketLab's headquarters in Long Beach. California isn't just imagining the future of science and space exploration – we're engineering, manufacturing, and launching it right here in the Golden State.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

28.1 miles on Mars, powered by Rocket Lab hardware. NASA's Perseverance rover has now driven 28.1 miles (45.2 km) across the Red Planet in just five and a half years, breaking an off-world driving record that took Opportunity nearly 15 years to set. Rocket Lab solar panels powered Perseverance's cruise to Mars, then on the surface, Rocket Lab Robotics (formerly Motiv Space Systems) hardware helps turn those miles into science — from the Mastcam-Z camera mechanisms that zoom in on targets, to the 7-foot robotic arm placing instruments against Martian rock with sub-millimeter precision. Every mile is another step in the search for signs of ancient life.

NASA Mars@NASAMarsOct 12

Perseverance has set a new off-world record! 🏅 On Oct. 11, the rover's odometer hit 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), eclipsing the distance record set by NASA's Opportunity rover. 1/2

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Today we shared an update on Neutron's development, including adjusting the schedule for flight one to 2027. Full details: investors.rocketlabcorp.com/events-present…

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

When it comes to dedicated small launch, nothing flies more often than Electron 🚀 We're proud to keep that momentum going in the lead up to our 100th launch. Here's what's on the manifest for our next three missions: 🦅 "We're Not Hawking Around" – @HawkEye360 | NET Oct 21 🌊 "The Sea God Surveys" – @QPS_Inc | NET Nov 4 ⛰️ "The Mountain God Rises" – @QPS_Inc | NET Nov 10

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VICTUS HAZE is an iconic mission, and @SpaceNews_Inc agrees. We're proud to be a finalist for Military Space Achievement at the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards, alongside our VICTUS HAZE teammates @USSpaceForce and @The_TrueAnomaly. We built a highly capable spacecraft, launched it in record time, commissioned it rapidly, and executed advanced rendezvous and proximity operations to deliver one of the Space Force's most advanced tactically responsive missions to date.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

VICTUS HAZE is an iconic mission, and @SpaceNews_Inc agrees. We're proud to be a finalist for Military Space Achievement at the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards, alongside our VICTUS HAZE teammates @SpaceForceDoD and @The_TrueAnomaly. We built a highly capable spacecraft, launched it in record time, commissioned it rapidly, and executed advanced rendezvous and proximity operations to deliver one of the Space Force's most advanced tactically responsive missions to date.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Media accreditation is now open for our 100th Electron launch. Join us at Launch Complex 1 for flight 100 to set remote cameras, get a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s first private orbital launch site, meet the Rocket Lab launch team, watch our 100th lift-off in person. Apply now: rocketlabcorp.com/100th-launch-a…

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We're going to need more owl puns.

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We've just signed Electron's largest commercial launch contract ever: 20x new launches with Earth-observation constellation operator @synspective 🚀🦉 That brings the total number of Synspective launches on Electron to 47 - the most of any Rocket Lab launch customer. We're proud to continue building out their low Earth orbit constellation through to 2031.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Our factories have never been busier as we scale production of rockets and spacecraft. Manufacturing engineers are at the core of this and we’re hiring more in the US and New Zealand. Join the team: bit.ly/47sPMQM

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A decade of launches from the edge of the world 🚀🇳🇿 Ten years ago, Launch Complex 1 was officially opened and became the world's first private orbital launch site. What seemed like a crazy idea - making dedicated launches to space frequent and affordable from a farm paddock in New Zealand - is now routine. Across Electron's history, LC-1 has been the launch location for commercial smallsats and science missions, national security payloads, and even a mission to the Moon. Two launch pads and almost 100 launches later, LC-1 has made New Zealand one of the world's busiest launch countries - proving big things can happen in the most unexpected locations.

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Missed liftoff? Rewatch the launch: youtube.com/watch?v=hkLw0K…

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Electron launches for the 97th time and deploys the latest StriX satellite to space for @synspective from Launch Complex 1. Highlights from today's mission: ✅Launched on 1st attempt ✅18th mission of the year ✅13th launch for Synspective with 100% mission success

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Payload deployment confirmed from Electron - Synspective's next Earth-monitoring StriX satellite is now on orbit 🛰️

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

@synspective SECO confirmed. Synspective's StriX satellite is now in a transfer orbit setting up for payload deployment within the hour.

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LIFTOFF! Electron has launched for the 97th time🚀

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Less than 2 hours to launch with our next mission for @synspective, with LOX fueling underway and weather conditions clear over LC-1. We have a new T-0 liftoff time: 🚀12:39pm NZST, Sept 26 🚀00:39 UTC, Sept 26 🚀09:39 am JST, Sept 26 🚀8:39 pm EDT, Sept 25 🚀5:39 pm PDT, Sept 25

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Mission details: 🎯 Customer: @synspective 🛰️ Payload: 1x StriX satellite for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging 🌏 Orbit: 559km LEO 📍 Inclination: 37 degrees

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Launch preparations are underway for today's 97th Electron launch. 'Owlright Owlright Owlright' launch window opens: 🚀12:15pm NZST, Sept 26 🚀00:15 UTC, Sept 26 🚀09:15 am JST, Sept 26 🚀8:15 pm EDT, Sept 25 🚀5:15 pm PDT, Sept 25

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Wet Dress Rehearsal DONE ✅ Electron is ready for its 97th launch and latest mission from Launch Complex 1. 'Owlright Owlright Owlright' launch window opens tomorrow: 🚀12:15pm NZST, Sept 26 🚀00:15 UTC, Sept 26 🚀9:15 am JST, Sept 26 🚀8:15 pm EDT, Sept 25 🚀5:15 pm PDT, Sept 25

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

It’s official: @IridiumComm shareholders have voted and approved the acquisition by Rocket Lab ✅ By joining forces, we’ll be creating a vertically-integrated space powerhouse that designs, builds, launches, and operates its own constellations to bring critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide. Full details and next steps: bit.ly/3T53qq1

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@NASA @UCBerkeley @escapade_mars @LockheedMartin @NASAArtemis @FireflySpace Read more: rocketlabcorp.com/updates/beyond…

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Lunar Surface Robotics (Moon) Rocket Lab supported @FireflySpace's Blue Ghost lunar lander with our MAX Flight and MAX Ground Data Software suites, alongside trajectory design and backup mission operations support. We also provided the high-efficiency solar panels that powered the Blue Ghost spacecraft that successfully landed on the Mare Cirsium on the lunar surface. Motiv Space Systems (now Rocket Lab Robotics) also developed the lightweight chassis, mobility actuators, and motor control electronics for @NASA's CADRE autonomous lunar rovers. Currently, we are developing a single-axis scanning gimbal with integrated avionics for the EMILIA-3D PRISM payload, an instrument designed to produce high-resolution 3D thermal maps of the Moon.

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Solar Power on the Red Planet: Ingenuity, InSight, and Perseverance (Mars) SolAero, acquired by Rocket Lab in 2022, has powered several landmark Mars exploration missions, including: - Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: Powered by our solar panel — populated with ultra-lightweight, 33% efficient Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction (IMM) solar cells — mounted atop its rotor blades. - InSight Lander: Our high-efficiency solar panels powered Northrop Grumman's UltraFlex solar arrays in support of the lander's seismic operations on the Martian surface. - Mars 2020 Cruise Stage: Our solar panels kept Perseverance powered and healthy during its months-long transit to Mars.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

GRAIL & LADEE (Moon) Motorized Lightband (MLB) separation technology from Planetary Systems Corporation, acquired by Rocket Lab in 2021, supported @NASA's GRAIL and LADEE lunar missions. These flight-proven, non-pyrotechnic mechanisms provide controlled, low-shock separation between spacecraft and launch-vehicle elements to safeguard delicate science instruments.

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Martian Surface Robotics: Perseverance (Mars) Rocket Lab Robotics hardware is actively operating on Mars aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover. Motiv Space Systems, acquired by Rocket Lab this year, designed and built Perseverance’s primary 2-meter, 5-joint robotic arm that positions coring tools directly against Martian rock faces using a 6-DOF force-torque sensor for sampling, and delivered the opto-mechanical system inclusive of zoom, focus, and filter-wheel for the Mastcam-Z science cameras.

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Artemis (Moon) Under contract with @LockheedMartin, thousands of Rocket Lab’s high-efficiency space-grade solar cell assemblies have powered, or will power, all of the Orion spacecraft for the @NASAArtemis missions. Our cells are integrated into Orion’s four European Service Module solar array wings. Rocket Lab technology also deployed the secondary deep space payloads on Artemis I: our Canisterized Satellite Dispensers (CSDs), developed by Planetary Systems Corporation, were installed inside the SLS Orion Stage Adapter to cleanly eject 6U CubeSats into lunar and deep-space trajectories.

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ESCAPADE (Mars) Rocket Lab designed and built twin interplanetary spacecraft - "Blue" and "Gold" - for @NASA and @UCBerkeley's @escapade_mars mission. Built on our Explorer spacecraft platform, these probes carry Rocket Lab flight computers, star trackers, reaction wheels, and solar arrays to travel millions of miles to Mars orbit to investigate how the solar wind strips away the Martian atmosphere.

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CAPSTONE (Moon) Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE spacecraft for @NASA in June 2022, setting it on course for a unique near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the Moon. The launch was powered by Electron, while the critical trans-lunar injection was carried out by our Lunar Photon spacecraft, one of the earliest operational designs in Rocket Lab’s family of spacecraft.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Think Rocket Lab only operates in low Earth orbit? Think again. When a spacecraft orbits the Moon, touches down on the lunar surface, or charts a course across deep space to Mars, there's a strong chance Rocket Lab technology helped it get there and deliver mission success. Through our launch, spacecraft, solar power, separation systems, software, operations, and robotics solutions, we’re proud to support historic planetary exploration missions across the solar system. 🧵👇

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Rocket Lab began as a small launch company. Today, our rockets, spacecraft, and components power hundreds of missions for science and exploration, national security, and commercial constellations. Here's a tiny glimpse of how far we've evolved since Electron's first launch less than 10 years ago. Rockets unlock space. Satellites do the work. We build and operate both.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

This is the new era of space: commercial companies delivering the cadence, innovation, and capability that once required a nation. President Trump’s bold, pro-space leadership and commitment to American commercial industry has made this possible. When policy empowers private enterprise to move fast, American space superiority is assured. Check out the full @MTSlive interview with SPB. youtu.be/9lYK4laa4tk?si…

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Kickoff complete! Our team recently wrapped up a successful program kickoff for the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) demonstrations in support of @USSpaceForce. We’re delivering Flatellites with innovative space-based sensing technologies to help mature resilient capabilities for the Joint Force.

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Acquiring @IridiumComm will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry, making Rocket Lab a fully-integrated, self-launching, tier-1 space power that delivers critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide.

MTS@MTSliveSep 22

Rocket Lab CEO @Peter_J_Beck breaks the entire space industry into 3 simple layers, from rockets to the services we use every day: "I probably shouldn't have called it Rocket Lab. I should have called it Space Lab. The rocket always steals the show because it's this big roaring stick in the sky." "Rockets, that's about a $10 or $20 billion industry. Spacecraft, the tools in space to provide services, 20 to $30 billion. And then the reason why you do all of those things are applications in space." "Space is kinda weird that it's hidden infrastructure. You don't drive past it every day, so you don't see it. But everybody interfaces with space every single day, whether you realize it or not." "We build rockets, we build satellites, and with our acquisition of Iridium, we're also a services company from space." @RocketLab

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Off to space with our 96th Electron - and our 97th rocket is already lined up for launch this week with another StriX satellite for @synspective. The launch window for 'Owlright Owlright Owlright' opens: 🚀12:15pm NZST, Sept 26 🚀00:15 UTC, Sept 26 🚀9:15 am JST, Sept 26 🚀8:15 pm EDT, Sept 25 🚀5:15 pm PDT, Sept 25

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A reminder to apply for our upcoming Wallops hiring event. We want to hear from engineers and technicians with experience in: ✅Testing – Vehicle, Avionics, Ground Systems ✅Vehicle Integration ✅Mechanical ✅Fluids ✅Propulsion

Rocket Lab@RocketLabSep 10

For the first time, we're opening our doors at Wallops Island for an exclusive hiring event at Launch Complexes 2 and 3. We welcome engineers and technicians who are exceptionally good at what they do and want to see technology they helped build leave the planet. Accepted candidates will get the rare opportunity to tour our launch pads and facilities, meet with our engineering teams, and interview one-on-one with department leaders Open Positions: 🔧 Testing Engineers – Vehicle, Avionics, Launch Pad 🔧 Ground Systems Engineers 🔧 Vehicle Integration Engineers 🔧 Mechanical Technicians 🔧 Senior Vehicle Integration and Test Technicians 🔧 Fluids Engineers 🔧 Propulsion Engineers Apply here: bit.ly/4xkRE8O

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Electron launches for the 96th time and deploys the 12th StriX satellite to space for @synspective 🦉🛰️

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SECO confirmed and @synsective's StriX Earth-imaging satellite has been successfully placed on a transfer orbit ahead of payload deployment within the hour.

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LIFTOFF! Electron has launched for the 96th time🚀

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LOX'd and loaded for liftoff. Electron's 96th launch remains set for: 🚀3:22pm NZST, Sept 19 🚀03:22 UTC, Sept 19 🚀12:22 pm JST, Sept 19 🚀11:22 pm EDT, Sept 18 🚀8:22 pm PDT, Sept 18

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Electron is vertical on Pad B at Launch Complex 1 ahead of today's 'Owl By The Dozen' mission for @synspective - our 96th Electron launch. T-2 hours to liftoff. ❄️LOX loading is about to begin 🌤️ Weather: 85% go 🚀 Range: Clear ⏱️ Liftoff: scheduled for 3:22pm NZ local time

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

The countdown is underway at Launch Complex 1 with our 12th Electron launch and latest Earth-observation mission for @synspective "Owl By The Dozen" launch window opens: 🚀3:15pm NZST, Sept 19 🚀03:15 UTC, Sept 19 🚀12:15 pm JST, Sept 19 🚀11:15 pm EDT, Sept 18 🚀8:15 pm PDT, Sept 18

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Wet Dress Rehearsal DONE ✅ Electron is ready for its 96th launch and latest mission from Launch Complex 1 for @synspective. "Owl By The Dozen" launch window opens tomorrow: 🚀3:15pm NZST, Sept 19 🚀03:15 UTC, Sept 19 🚀12:15 pm JST, Sept 19 🚀11:15 pm EDT, Sept 18 🚀8:15 pm PDT, Sept 18

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Neutron operations are busy on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Our Hungry Hippo fairing has wrapped up pre-flight testing at our Assembly and Integration Complex while down the road at Launch Complex 3, we've completed installation of the ~10m test stand for Neutron's second stage. Neutron's thrust module will be directly tested on the launch mount itself, to verify rocket-to-launch mount interfaces ahead of full vehicle tests on the pad.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

Schedule certainty and precise payload deployment, delivered once again by Electron on our 95th overall launch and 16th mission this year 🚀 With our next commercial constellation launch scheduled in the coming days, Electron's cadence for dedicated small satellite missions remains unmatched.

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Rocket Lab has filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging NASA’s award decision for the Mars Telecommunications Network. NASA’s award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria mandated by Congress. In addition, the agency’s punitive review of Rocket Lab's technical volume was inconsistent, making incorrect assertions and conclusions. Procurement standards exist to ensure fair competition and protect public investment. We are pursuing this review to ensure those standards are upheld for critical infrastructure that will underpin American exploration at Mars for decades to come.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

'Happily Ever Faster' to orbit 🌌✨ Today we launched our 95th Electron at 3:28 pm NZST and deployed a single Earth observation satellite to a 500km LEO for a confidential customer - our 16th mission of the year with 100% mission success.

Rocket Lab@RocketLab

For the first time, we're opening our doors at Wallops Island for an exclusive hiring event at Launch Complexes 2 and 3. We welcome engineers and technicians who are exceptionally good at what they do and want to see technology they helped build leave the planet. Accepted candidates will get the rare opportunity to tour our launch pads and facilities, meet with our engineering teams, and interview one-on-one with department leaders Open Positions: 🔧 Testing Engineers – Vehicle, Avionics, Launch Pad 🔧 Ground Systems Engineers 🔧 Vehicle Integration Engineers 🔧 Mechanical Technicians 🔧 Senior Vehicle Integration and Test Technicians 🔧 Fluids Engineers 🔧 Propulsion Engineers Apply here: bit.ly/4xkRE8O