Rocket Lab & the SDA have officially kicked off work on Tracking Layer Tranche 3. Fantastic to get the teams together, align on the mission, & get ready to build the next gen of missile warning, tracking, and defense space vehicles. This program really matters and we’re proud to be part of it.

81 launches and counting

MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment is confirmed for the ‘Bridging The Swarm’ mission for KAIST. ✅ 2nd launch in 8 days ✅ 81st launch in total ✅ 100% mission success in 2026

Hungry Hippo is safely delivered and unwrapped inside Neutron's Assembly & Integration Complex in Virginia. Next up: checkouts before onsite testing. #grwm #unboxingvideo

Ready for another Electron launch? Operations are underway for our 81st Electron mission, this time from LC-1 in ~5 hours' time. 'Bridging The Swarm' liftoff for KAIST set for: 🚀1:55 pm NZDT 🚀00:55 UTC 🚀9:55 am KST 🚀7:55 pm EST 🚀4:55 pm PST

Launch rehearsal is complete for our next Electron launch: the "Bridging The Swarm" dedicated mission for KAIST headed to a 540km low Earth orbit for the NEONSAT constellation. Launch window opens tomorrow: 🚀1:55 pm NZDT, Jan 30 🚀00:55 UTC, Jan 30 🚀7:55 pm EST, Jan 29 🚀4:55 pm PST, Jan 29

We're getting ready 🚀 Preparations have begun for tonight's mission for Open Cosmos on Electron from LC-1. Launch window opens: 🚀 11:52 pm NZDT, Jan 22 🚀 10:52 UTC, Jan 22 🚀 5:52 am ET, Jan 22 🚀 2:52 am PT, Jan 22 🚀 10:52 am GMT, Jan 22

Update on Neutron Stage 1 qualification testing. rocketlabcorp.com/updates/rock...

The ESCAPADE mission has won an @erdayastronaut.bsky.social Astro Award! 🎉 We're proud to be recognized for our role in making interplanetary science and exploration possible at unprecedented speeds and for a fraction of the cost of traditional missions.

Launch update:🚀Due to strong winds and incoming bad weather, we're rescheduling our launch attempt for Open Cosmos. New launch date will be later this week, weather pending.

Wet Dress Rehearsal is complete and Electron is ready for its 1st launch of the year with Open Cosmos - though strong winds are a watch item for the launch attempt tomorrow. Launch window opens: 🚀 12:09 am NZDT, Jan 21 🚀 6:09 am ET, Jan 20 🚀 03:09 am PT, Jan 20 🚀 11:09 am GMT, Jan 20

Electron's first mission of the year is scheduled for launch from LC-1 in just 5 days' time. "The Cosmos Will See You Now" is launching for Open Cosmos to a 1,050km orbit with 2x spacecraft. Launch window opens 12:09 am NZDT, Jan 21

On Jan. 6, our Explorer spacecraft for NASA & @ucbssl.bsky.social's ESCAPADE mission successfully completed its second trajectory correction maneuver, lasting 97.7 seconds, sending Gold into its months-long deep-space cruise phase alongside its twin, Blue. 🌍➡️🔴 Read more: bit.ly/49sy6W2

✅ Record launch year with 21 launches + 100% mission success ✅Opened LC-3 ✅Qualified Neutron's Fairing & 2nd stage ✅ ESCAPADE on the way to Mars ✅Acquired Geost ✅Awarded $816M contract by SDA to make more sats for PWSA, our largest contract ever. We're ready to make 2026 even bigger

Launch rehearsal for iQPS at LC-1 was successfully completed on the same day we launched Electron's 20th mission of the year from LC-2. Now tonight, it's iQPS's turn. Liftoff is set for: 🚀 7:12 pm NZT, Dec 21 🚀 3:12 pm JST, Dec 21 🚀 06:12 UTC, Dec 21 🚀 1:12 am ET, Dec 21 🚀 10:12 pm PT, Dec 20

We're targeting tomorrow December 21 NZDT for our next Electron launch with a dedicated mission for iQPS. Launch of 'The Wisdom God Guides' from LC-1 is set for: 🚀 7:38 pm NZT, Dec 21 🚀 3:38 pm JST, Dec 21 🚀 06:38 UTC, Dec 21 🚀 1:38 am ET, Dec 21 🚀 10:38 pm PT, Dec 20

We've just been awarded our largest contract to date 🛰️ An $816M prime contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency to design and manufacture 18 satellites for missile warning, tracking, and defense. Learn more: bit.ly/3MJv0FD

MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for the STP-S30 mission for USSF's Space Test Program and 4x DiskSats to a 550km LEO 🛰️🚀

Next mission alert: Launching from Launch Complex 2 tomorrow will be our 20th Electron launch of the year: the STP-S30 mission for the USSF's Space Test Program. 'Don't Be Such A Square' launch window opens: 🚀 12:00 am ET, Dec 18 🚀 9:00 pm PT, Dec 17 🚀 05:00 UTC, Dec 18 🚀 6:00 pm NZT, Dec 18

Welcome to launch day. Again! Less than 48 hours after our last Electron mission was on the pad at LC-1, this time we're ready to liftoff for @KAISTPR. 🚀9:55 am KST 🚀7:55 pm EST 🚀4:55 pm PST 🚀00:55 UTC 🚀1:55 pm NZT

MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment confirmed for Electron's 77th launch, releasing JAXA's RAISE-4 satellite to a 540km LEO 🛰️🚀

"RAISE And Shine" and welcome to launch day. Our 77th Electron mission is scheduled for liftoff for JAXA today in T-6 hours. Liftoff is set for 🚀 4:09 pm NZDT 🚀 12:09 pm JST 🚀 03:09 UTC 🚀 10:09 pm ET 🚀 7:09 pm PT

We're standing down from today's launch attempt for KAIST to assess sensor data, but we have plenty of back up opportunities in the coming days. New target launch date to be posted shortly🚀

It’s launch day! Our next Electron mission from LC-1 is “Bridging The Swarm” for KAIST scheduled for liftoff today from 1:55 pm NZDT/00:55 UTC. 🚀9:55 am KST 🚀7:55 pm EST 🚀4:55 pm PST 🚀00:55 UTC 🚀1:55 pm NZDT

Launch update: Our next Electron launch from LC-1 will be a dedicated mission for KAIST. The launch window for ‘Bridging The Swarm’ will open Thursday Dec 11 NZDT. 🚀 1:45pm, Dec 11 NZDT 🚀 00:45, Dec 11 UTC 🚀 9:45am, Dec 11 KST 🚀 7:45pm, Dec 10 ET 🚀 4:45pm, Dec 10 PT

We've been awarded R&D funding from Canadian Space Agency to build a new medium-class reaction wheel for larger satellites. Reaction wheels point and steady spacecraft in orbit and ours have delivered 20+ years of flight heritage keeping 300+ missions on target. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3KNFTFI

We've completed qualification & acceptance testing of the Hungry Hippo fairing for Neutron 🚀 With the design, structure, and operations of Neutron's fixed reusable fairing and upper module now proven out, Hungry Hippo is ready for launch.

Frontier radios carry ESCAPADE’s voice across the Solar System. NASA’s Deep Space Network picks up the signal from Canberra, Madrid and Goldstone and routes it to UC Berkeley and our Long Beach and Auckland mission control centers.

So you’re in space and on the way to Mars, what next? Time to fire up the engines 🛰️🛰️ Learn more in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4p8DHYf

We’ve completed payload integration and encapsulation at LC-1 with JAXA for our 77th Electron launch. Next up: Wet Dress Rehearsal for the “RAISE and Shine" mission before the launch window opens on December 5 UTC.

RAISE And Shine! Our next Electron launch will be a dedicated mission for JAXA from Launch Complex 1 to a 540km LEO. The launch will deploy JAXA'S RAISE-4 mission that includes a single satellite with 8x tech demonstrations. "RAISE And Shine" will launch NET December 5th.

Blue and Gold are now more than a million kilometers from Earth on their way to Mars 🛰️🛰️

MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment is confirmed for the ‘Follow My Speed’ mission. ✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours ✅ 18th launch this year ✅ 76th launch in total ✅ 100% mission success in 2025

It's launch day (again)! We're back-to-back with our next launch and 76th Electron mission, this time from LC-1 in just ~4 hours' time. 'Follow My Speed' is scheduled to launch NET: 🚀 1:15 am NZDT 🚀 12:15 UTC 🚀 07:15 am ET 🚀 04:15 am PT

NASA's got eyes on Blue and Gold as they journey to Mars 🛰️🛰️👀 eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-s...

View from the pad of our latest launch from LC-2. With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.

🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking! We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today. We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!

The countdown to Mars in ON! Today our twin spacecraft for NASA and UCB's ESCAPADE mission are set to lift off from Cape Canaveral. 🚀 2:57 PM EST 🚀 19:57 UTC Mission info: rocketlabcorp.com/missions/esc... Launch webcast starts at T-20 mins: blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2

Today’s the day we go to Mars. Who’s ready? The countdown is on for ESCAPADE’s launch, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral NET: 🚀 2:45 PM EST / 🚀 19:45 UTC Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519 📷: Blue Origin

L-2 days until ESCAPADE launches! Soon, the twins will be on their way to Mars for NASA & UC Berkely to reveal how the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. Who’s ready to make history?

Long Beach ➡️ Cape Canaveral ➡️ MARS Our ESCAPADE spacecraft have already travelled across the country and soon will be on their next – and much longer – journey to Mars. Our twin spacecraft have a 43-month mission ahead of them, with 11 months spent studying Mars’ magnetosphere. 📺 bit.ly/4qTF6Dx

It’s official: We’re going to Mars! 🚀🛰️🔴🛰️ Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...

Electron has successfully launched its 16th mission of the year to deploy the latest iQPS satellite to orbit – our sixth mission for its QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. Congratulations and welcome back to space, iQPS!

It’s a beautiful day for a rocket launch. Preparations are underway at LC-1 for Electron’s next launch for @QPS_Inc. 🚀Mission Name: “The Nation God Navigates” 🎯 Customer: iQPS 🛰️ Payload: QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I 🌏 Orbit: 575km LEO 📍 Launch Site: Pad B, LC-1

Today's the day

Wet Dress Rehearsal complete and we are GO for our upcoming launch attempt for “The Nation God Navigates” for iQPS. Launch window opens: 🚀 8:45 am NZDT, Nov 6 🚀 4:45 am JST, Nov 6 🚀 19:45 UTC, Nov 5 🚀 2:45 pm ET, Nov 5 🚀 11:45 am PT, Nov 5

Mars, we’re coming for you. 🔴🛰️🛰️ Soon, our twin ESCAPADE spacecraft built for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will begin their journey to the Red Planet to help reveal how Mars transformed from warm and wet to the cold, dry world we see today.

Tucked in and ready for flight ✅ Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars. Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀

Mars isn’t easy. Orbit gaps could leave explorers out of contact. Power’s always a challenge. And reliable communication is in demand. Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV

Built. Integrated. Preparing to fuel the future. Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅ 🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission 🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots 🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026 Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55