Industry reporting lists Rocket Lab among Vivace's customers for aerospace hardware and propulsion tanks, indicating Vivace supplies flight components used on Rocket Lab missions.
Relationship research recordProvides Electron launch services and vertically integrated spacecraft platforms and components for commercial and government missions.
Suppliers, customers & partners
Suppliers & service providers to Rocket Lab
Vivace International Corporation— customer / mission supplier · supplier2 connectionsTell me more
Vivace International Corporation supplies hardware to Rocket Lab as a customer for spaceflight programs.
Relationship research recordRUAG Space— customerTell me more
RUAG Space named Rocket Lab as a partner / preferred supplier relationship: RUAG supplies payload adapter and separation systems to Rocket Lab launch vehicles and has positioned itself as a preferred supplier for small launchers.
Relationship research recordFleet Space Technologies— launch services (Fleet as customer)Tell me more
Fleet contracted Rocket Lab to launch Fleet satellites (Fleet joined Rocket Lab’s 'It’s Business Time' mission manifest to place Fleet Alpha satellites into orbit), making Fleet a rideshare/launch customer of Rocket Lab.
Relationship research recordMynaric— customer · customer / integrated systems partner · 1 more roles3 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 recordPrior to and as part of Rocket Lab's acquisition, Mynaric's optical terminals were incorporated into programs and customer offerings that Rocket Lab cited as rationale for the purchase; Mynaric supplies optical communications technology that Rocket Lab intends to integrate into its space systems and services (acquisition closed April 2026).
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 recordKSAT— supplierTell me more
KSAT supplies Rocket Lab (Photon customers) with global ground-station downlink/uplink services (UHF, S‑band, X‑band, Ka‑band) across a network of >200 antennas to support Photon spacecraft communications and operations; the partnership is positioned to provide Photon customers with streamlined ground access.
Relationship research recordRocket Lab customers & supported companies
NASA— launch services · mission user / launch services · 1 more roles4 connectionsTell me more
Provides dedicated Electron launch services for PolSIR and TSIS-2 Sun/Earth science missions (selected June 2026, launches no earlier than June 2027); also supplied spacecraft platforms and launches for CAPSTONE and ESCAPADE missions.
Relationship research recordRocket Lab supplies Electron and Neutron launch services to NASA for science missions under Launch Services Program.
Relationship research recordRocket Lab provided launch services (Electron) for NASA’s CAPSTONE mission (a lunar pathfinder in support of Artemis) and supported mission operations related to delivering CAPSTONE to its target trajectory.
Relationship research recordRocket Lab supplies dedicated small-satellite launch services used by NASA and NASA-funded missions (identified broadly in NASA commercial launch and small launch vehicle partnership activities and procurement programs).
Relationship research recordAlba Orbital— launch services · launch services / rideshare customer2 connectionsTell me more
Rocket Lab provides launch services for Alba Orbital cluster missions (Alba cluster launched on Electron); Rocket Lab is a named launch provider enabling Alba’s launches and rideshare integration.
Relationship research recordAlba Orbital used Rocket Lab’s Electron as the launch vehicle for its Alba cluster rideshare mission; Rocket Lab provided dedicated Electron launch services from Launch Complex 1 for Alba Orbital’s satellites.
Relationship research recordSwarm Technologies, Inc.— launch services (planned/used)Tell me more
Swarm’s FCC filing for an early experimental deployment described a planned Rocket Lab launch vehicle for a near-polar SSO deployment of Swarm’s 1U-class satellites (noting Rocket Lab as the launch provider for that experimental deployment).
Relationship research recordFleet Space Technologies— launch servicesTell me more
Rocket Lab provides dedicated Electron rideshare launch services to Fleet Space Technologies; Fleet manifested multiple Alpha satellites on Rocket Lab missions and worked with Rocket Lab on licensing and integration to accelerate Fleet satellite deployment.
Relationship research recordJAXA— launch services / supplierTell me more
Rocket Lab signed a direct contract for dedicated Electron launches with JAXA (Rocket Lab supplies dedicated launch services for JAXA missions/customers).
Relationship research recordRocket Lab program partners
Loft Orbital— supplier / supply chain partnerTell me more
Rocket Lab is named as a member of Loft Orbital’s announced 21‑partner supply chain for small 'condosat' missions, supplying launch and/or launch-adjacent services as part of Loft’s supplier ecosystem.
Relationship research recordJAXA— launch customer / mission partnerTell me more
JAXA is a contracting party and mission customer for Rocket Lab’s Electron launches under an agreement where Rocket Lab provides dedicated launches to support JAXA missions (JAXA uses Rocket Lab launch services for some missions/customers).
Relationship research recordHypersonix Launch Systems— launch services / program partner · program partner / launch integration customer2 connectionsTell me more
Rocket Lab will provide launch services (rides on its boosters) for Hypersonix Launch Systems' initial hypersonic test vehicle (DART AE); Hypersonix named Rocket Lab as its preferred provider for the first ride for DART AE as part of an operational partnership to get the vehicle to flight.
Relationship research recordWhile Rocket Lab supplies launch services to Hypersonix, the partnership announcement describes reciprocal integration activity: Hypersonix will use Rocket Lab for rides, and Hypersonix supplies its hypersonic test vehicle (DART AE) as a payload/mission customer for Rocket Lab launches (mutually enabling operational flights).
Relationship research recordVarda Space Industries— partner / mission integratorTell me more
Rocket Lab acted as a mission integrator/supplier by producing Photon/Pioneer spacecraft that Varda used to host and operate its microgravity processing and reentry capsule; Rocket Lab is also listed among notable customers/partners in Varda mission histories.
Relationship research recordKratos 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 recordInternalized capabilities
Virgin Orbit— acquired capabilityTell me more
Rocket Lab acquired Virgin Orbit's Long Beach, California manufacturing facility (144,000 sq ft) in the bankruptcy auction, obtaining physical manufacturing infrastructure previously used to build LauncherOne—an acquisition of capability/assets that directly pertained to Virgin Orbit's launch manufacturing operations.
Relationship research recordSolAero Technologies— acquired capability · supplier / internal program supplier3 connectionsTell me more
Rocket Lab acquired SolAero Holdings (SolAero Technologies) in a transaction that integrated SolAero's space-grade solar-cell and panel manufacturing capabilities into Rocket Lab's Space Systems business, providing SolAero with Rocket Lab resources, manufacturing scale, and vertical-integration to enable higher-volume production and broader go-to-market support.
Relationship research recordRocket 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 recordAfter acquisition by Rocket Lab, SolAero's space solar products are provided into Rocket Lab's Space Systems business to support Rocket Lab spacecraft builds and Rocket Lab's customers; SolAero solar solutions are presented as the solar-power capability used within Rocket Lab's integrated space-system offerings.
Relationship research recordMynaric— acquired capabilityTell me more
Rocket Lab completed its acquisition of Mynaric, making Mynaric's laser optical communications technology an in-house capability for Rocket Lab and enabling Mynaric with Rocket Lab's manufacturing, program scale, and go-to-market channels (acquisition closed April 2026).
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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