Vivace International Corporation supplies hardware to Rocket Lab as a customer for spaceflight programs.
Relationship research recordProvides Electron launch services and vertically integrated spacecraft platforms and components for commercial and government missions.
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Supplies or enables Rocket Lab
Vivace International Corporation— supplierTell me more
CesiumAstro— customer · supplier2 connectionsTell me more
CesiumAstro supplies communications payloads to Rocket Lab as a commercial launch and space systems customer.
Relationship research recordSupplies Vireo AESA RF communications payloads for Rocket Lab's 18 SDA Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta satellites (selected May 2024).
Relationship research recordMynaric— customer · supplier2 connectionsTell me more
Mynaric supplies CONDOR Mk3 optical communication terminals for Rocket Lab’s SDA satellite contracts (including Tranche 2 Transport Layer), serving as a key subcontractor prior to the 2026 acquisition.
Relationship research recordSupplies CONDOR Mk3 optical communication terminals for Rocket Lab's SDA Transport Layer satellites (selected May 2024; Mynaric later acquired by Rocket Lab in April 2026 as acquired capability).
Relationship research recordSEAKR Engineering— supplierTell me more
Supplies TACSATCOM software defined radio (SDR) and network encryption system for Rocket Lab's SDA satellites (selected May 2024).
Relationship research recordCollins Aerospace— supplierTell me more
Supplies waveform for the TACSATCOM SDR for Rocket Lab's SDA satellites (selected May 2024).
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Eutelsat OneWeb— supplierTell me more
Rocket Lab supplies high-efficiency space-grade solar panels for the next-generation OneWeb LEO satellites, under contract awarded by Airbus in March 2025 for the Eutelsat constellation.
Relationship research recordOroraTech— launch servicesTell me more
Rocket Lab provides dedicated Electron launch services for OroraTech's eight-satellite wildfire constellation (OTC-P1) from Launch Complex 1, New Zealand, on March 27, 2025, into 550 km SSO.
Relationship research recordCapella Space— launch servicesTell me more
Rocket Lab provides dedicated Electron launch services to Capella Space, including a multi-launch deal for four missions starting 2023 plus additional launches in 2023-2024 to deploy Acadia SAR satellites.
Relationship research recordBall Aerospace— supplierTell me more
Rocket Lab (via SolAero) supplies solar array panels to Ball Aerospace for the NASA GLIDE heliophysics spacecraft (contract awarded 2022; spacecraft planned for 2025 launch).
Relationship research recordExolaunch— launch servicesTell me more
Rocket Lab supplies launch opportunities on Electron vehicles to Exolaunch as part of established relationships with multiple launch vehicle providers.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions— program partnerTell me more
Kratos leads MACH-TB 2.0 Task Area 1; Rocket Lab performs 20 HASTE hypersonic test flights under the U.S. Department of War/TRMC/NSWC Crane program (contract announced March 2026).
Relationship research recordMDA Space— program partnerTell me more
Rocket Lab awarded contract to lead design and manufacture of 17 spacecraft buses for Globalstar's new LEO satellites (announced ~2022, ~$143M contract).
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SolAero Technologies— acquired capabilityTell me more
Rocket Lab acquired SolAero Holdings, Inc. (parent of SolAero Technologies) for $80 million in cash in January 2022, integrating its space solar power products and precision aerospace structures capabilities into Rocket Lab's vertically integrated space systems business.
Relationship research recordPlanetary Systems Corporation— acquired capabilityTell me more
Rocket Lab acquired Planetary Systems Corporation in 2021, integrating its separation systems and satellite dispensers as a core capability for Rocket Lab's spacecraft and launch services.
Relationship research recordGovernment awards & missions
NASA— civil-space-spacecraft-customerTell me more
NASA approved Rocket Lab to complete final design and manufacture of two Photon spacecraft for the ESCAPADE Mars mission. · ESCAPADE, a two-spacecraft Mars magnetosphere mission.
Rocket Lab states that NASA approved ESCAPADE to proceed and that Rocket Lab would manufacture the two interplanetary Photon spacecraft.
government agencySpace Development Agency— government-prime-contract-customerTell me more
The Space Development Agency contracted Rocket Lab as prime contractor to design, build, test, and operate 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta satellites, and later awarded Rocket Lab a separate prime contract for 18 Tranche 3 Tracking Layer satellites. · Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture: T2TL-Beta communications/data-transport satellites and TRKT3 missile-defense tracking satellites.
Rocket Lab identifies itself as prime contractor for the $515 million T2TL-Beta award and for the subsequent $816 million TRKT3 award, totaling 36 SDA satellites.
government agencySpace Development Agency— prime contractor providing satellite design, development, production, test, and operationsTell me more
Rocket Lab will lead the design, development, production, test, and operations of 18 satellites for SDA.
The source explicitly identifies Rocket Lab as SDA’s prime contractor and states the contracted scope.
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Airbus OneWeb SatellitesAndurilAST SpaceMobileAstroscaleBall AerospaceBlackSkyCapella SpaceEutelsat OneWebExolaunchGlobalstar, Inc.HawkEye 360ICEYEMDA SpaceNASANorthStar Earth & SpaceOroraTechPlanet LabsPlanetary Systems CorporationSFL MissionsSolAero TechnologiesSpaceflightSpire Global, Inc.True AnomalyU.S. Space Force / Space Development Agency (SDA)Varda Space Industries
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