Rocket Lab
End-to-end space company providing launch services, satellites, and spacecraft components.
Rocket Lab is a leading end-to-end space company that delivers reliable launch services with its Electron rocket (the second most frequently launched US rocket), develops the Neutron medium-lift rocket, and manufactures complete spacecraft. The company provides satellite components, flight software, space solar power solutions, and mission operations. Rocket Lab serves US national security, civil, and commercial customers and went public via SPAC in 2021.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Long Beach, CA
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 2,600
- Total funding
- $1.2B (pre-IPO)
- Valuation
- Public (Nasdaq: RKLB)
- Stage
- Public (Nasdaq: RKLB)
- Status
- public
- Domains
- Space launch, Satellite manufacturing, Space systems
- X / Twitter
- x.com/RocketLab
- Website
- rocketlabusa.com
Investors2
Cap table11
Approximate ownership by holder. Indexed holders link to their records.
Raised per round
Valuation over time
Percentages marked ~ are not disclosed. Some are a generic VC-pattern model (founders/team weighted heaviest, option pool lightest, other holders evenly) sized to whatever's left undisclosed — a standard industry shape, not this company's actual cap table.
| Holder | Instrument | Ownership |
|---|---|---|
Employee equity plansNew | Options / RSUs | ~16.7% |
DCVCNew | Common | ~16.7% |
Public float & SPAC investorsNew | Common | ~16.7% |
Khosla VenturesNew | Common | ~16.7% |
Bessemer Venture PartnersNew | Common | ~16.7% |
Peter Beck (Founder/CEO)New | Common | ~16.7% |
Contracts6
- ContractSDA Transport Layer Tranche 1SDA contract for data transport satellite constellation.
- ContractSpace Force Geostationary Satellite ContractSpace Force contract for Rocket Lab to build geostationary satellites.
- ContractVictus Haze Tactically Responsive LaunchSpace Force OTA for tactically responsive space launch demonstration.
- ContractSDA Tracking Layer Tranche 3Space Development Agency contract for missile tracking satellites.
- ContractSpace Force RSLP HASTE Suborbital Missile-Testing ContractFirm-fixed-price contract for 12 guaranteed suborbital HASTE launches (option for up to 6 more) from a new Kodiak, Alaska site, supporting missile-defense flight testing.
- ContractSB-AMTI Flatellites ContractUS Space Force Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) program contract for Rocket Lab to build and launch Flatellites, planned on Neutron.
Programs0
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Frequently asked
- What does Rocket Lab do?
- Rocket Lab is a leading end-to-end space company that delivers reliable launch services with its Electron rocket (the second most frequently launched US rocket), develops the Neutron medium-lift rocket, and manufactures complete spacecraft. The company provides satellite components, flight software, space solar power solutions, and mission operations. Rocket Lab serves US national security, civil, and commercial customers and went public via SPAC in 2021.
- Where is Rocket Lab headquartered?
- Rocket Lab is headquartered in Long Beach, CA and was founded in 2006.
- How much funding has Rocket Lab raised?
- Rocket Lab has raised $1.2B (pre-IPO) in disclosed funding.
- What does Rocket Lab specialize in?
- Rocket Lab works across Space launch, Satellite manufacturing, Space systems.
- Does Rocket Lab hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links Rocket Lab to 6 government contracts.
Sources & citations4
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