Rocket Lab

Founded in 2006, we are a space company that builds, launches, and operates rockets and spacecraft. We provide launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, and satellite components.\n\nOur launch vehicle fleet includes Electron, the world’s most frequently launched small orbital rocket and the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket, which has launched 247 satellites. We also have HASTE, a suborbital testbed developed from our existing rocket technology for hypersonic testing. We are developing Neutron, a 13-tonne payload class launch vehicle for deploying constellations, resupplying cargo, and interplanetary missions.\n\nWe offer configurable spacecraft solutions like Photon, Pioneer, Lightning, and Explorer. We also manufacture various satellite components and subsystems, including space solar cells (which power over 1,000 spacecraft), flight and ground software, satellite separation systems, and carbon composite structures for spacecraft and launch vehicles.\n\nWe serve commercial and government satellite operators worldwide. For example, we were awarded an $816M prime contract to build a missile-defense satellite constellation for the U.S. Space Force. Over 1,700 satellites in orbit use our technology.

Our mission is to open access to space to improve life on Earth, to unlock space’s potential for everything from climate monitoring and national security to global communication and scientific exploration.\n\nOur values include:\n* Innovation\n* Efficiency with resources\n* Pushing boundaries and seizing opportunities in a changing industry\n* Excellence\n* Collaboration and teamwork

We have between 1,001 and 5,000 employees across the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Our culture focuses on “lifting human potential.” We are a driven team of pioneers who tackle challenging projects to make an impact on the future of space. Our work environment prioritizes innovation, efficiency, and excellence, with teams collaborating to achieve shared goals.\n\nOur main locations include:\n* Long Beach, CA: Headquarters for rocket propulsion design, engine manufacturing, and spacecraft assembly.\n* Albuquerque, NM: Space solar cell production.\n* Middle River, MD: Space Structures Complex for carbon composite structures.\n* Littleton, CO: Space software development.\n* Silver Spring, MD: Satellite separation systems production.\n* Stennis Space Center, MS: Engine test site for the Neutron rocket.\n* Wallops Island, VA: Launch Complex 2 for Electron, and Launch Complex 3 for Neutron.\n* Washington, DC: Government relations.\n* Toronto, CAN: Satellite components design and testing.\n* Auckland, NZ: Electron rocket manufacturing and mission control.\n* Mahia, NZ: Launch Complex 1 for Electron.\n* Waikato, NZ: Rutherford engine testing.\n* Warkworth, NZ: Carbon composite production.