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Rocket Lab sells dedicated, repeatable access to orbit—and increasingly, the infrastructure to make it routine. - Launch provider deploying iQPS satellites and pushing Electron into high-cadence constellation logistics
Rocket Lab ended 2025 the way it wants investors and customers to remember it: a clean launch, a clean deployment, and a clean record. On Dec. 21, Electron lifted off from Māhia and placed iQPS’s QPS-SAR-15 into orbit, extending a run of repeat business that’s quietly turning Rocket Lab into a “default setting” for certain constellation operators.
Updated Dec 21, 2025
A small-launch specialist using Electron to sell schedule control and “responsive space” to government customers. - Launched STP-S30 on Electron from Wallops Island (LC-2)
Rocket Lab just put four “DiskSats” into orbit for the U.S. Space Force—flat, plate-like spacecraft about the size of a manhole cover. The launch wasn’t just another Electron flight; it was a demonstration that the U.S. can move a new satellite design from paperwork to space faster than most people plan a product launch.
Updated Dec 18, 2025
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