Rocket Lab stories

SYOS Aerospace has won the PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year at the 2025 NZ Hi-Tech Awards, recognising its growth and international export success.

Rust Forge 2025, a new international tech conference for around 200 developers, will be held at Shed 6 in Wellington from 27-30 August 2025.

Japanese satellite firm Synspective successfully launches its fourth SAR satellite, Strix-3, from New Zealand, reinforcing its prominence in high-frequency Earth observation technology.

Synspective's StriX-3 satellite, intended for full-scale constellation operations, is scheduled for a March launch from Rocket Lab's NZ complex.

Diving deep into what you should be measuring and what the benchmarks are, you’ll leave this article with a fresh new approach to the way you run your business.

Rocket Lab plans to implement Siemens hi-tech industrial software to help digitally manage the lifecycle needs of the business.

Rocket Lab partners with the Skills Bright Sparks competition to encourage young Kiwis to pursue careers in space exploration and innovation.

Rocket Lab aims to reuse its Electron rockets for every mission, starting with an ocean recovery operation next year, boosting launch frequency.

Fleet Space Technologies' Project Galaxy hits a milestone, registering 1 million IoT devices within 24 hours and adding 2 million more to its waiting list.

Success! It definitely was business time for Rocket Lab yesterday as its Electron launch vehicle blasted off from the Māhia Peninsula yesterday (November 11).

Rocket Lab and Australian IoT startup Fleet Space Technologies have signed a contract to launch two Proxima IoT satellites this month.

William Shatner, celebrated as Captain Kirk, inaugurated Rocket Lab's new Auckland facility, which aims to produce an Electron rocket every week.

Central Otago is going to become home to one of the first radars in the Southern Hemisphere to track small satellites and space debris.

University of Canterbury researchers are using algorithms to predict fuel movement in rockets, making launches faster and cheaper.

The Awards are an opportunity to recognise the very best among New Zealand’s community of Kiwi innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders.

The launch will carry research and development payloads from NASA and educational institutions that will conduct a variety of new, on-orbit science.

Rocket Lab sets a 14-day window for its 1st commercial launch, 'It's Business Time', breaking new ground in space.

The Humanity Star will orbit the Earth for approximately 9 months before its orbit starts to decay and it's pulled back into Earth’s gravity.

Rocket Lab currently has five Electron vehicles in production, with the next launch expected to take place in early 2018.

Still Testing is the second of three test launches planned from Launch Complex 1 ahead of commercial operations.