Rocket Lab

Public companyFounded 2006Long Beach, California, USA rocketlabusa.com

Rocket Lab is a publicly traded small-launch and space-systems company founded in 2006, with operations in the United States and New Zealand. It operates the Electron rocket, one of the most frequently flown dedicated small-satellite launchers, and is developing the larger, reusable Neutron vehicle. Beyond launch, Rocket Lab builds spacecraft platforms, reaction wheels, solar panels and flight software, and has supplied buses for NASA missions such as the CAPSTONE lunar cubesat and the twin ESCAPADE Mars probes. It trades on the Nasdaq under RKLB.