Rocket Lab's launch site on Mahia Peninsula. By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 23 August 2025 "Live, Laugh, Launch" was the 70th mission of Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle to date. Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its
The Aurora carried the monitoring suite to the edge of space: Dawn Aerospace By David Szondy, Published by New Atlas, 7 August 2025 Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites? It turns out it's an optical package called Morning Sparrow made by Scout Space and carried
Protest outside Auckland’s Rocket Lab HQ on 4 July By Murray Horton, From: Anti-Bases Campaign, New Zealand, 4 July 2025 The day after PSNA announced our referral of four cabinet ministers and two business leaders to the International Criminal Court wee supported the “End Rocket Lab Genocide Complicity” protest outside
Protesters outside the 2022 Rocket Lab conference at Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch.Peter Meecham / The Press By Warren Thomson. Published by The Press, 9 June 2025 Warren Thomson is an anti-nuclear activist who has been writing and speaking on peace issues for fifty years, and is involved with
One of Rocket Lab's current Electron rockets launched a satellite for the US Air Force's Space Force division from Mahia. Photo / Rocket Lab Published by RNZ, 29 March 2025 Rocket Lab, which launches from Mahia and from the US, has won into a Pentagon contract, with up to $NZ10
Rocket Lab Electron launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 3 February 2025 Rocket Lab delayed the launch of the IOT 4 You and Me mission in order to ensure 'it's safe to merge onto the space highway.' Rocket Lab is set to launch five "Internet of
An RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems set up on a launch pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska. (ABL Space Systems) By Davis Hovey,Published by Alaska Public Media, 11 October 2024 After a failed rocket test at Kodiak’s spaceport this summer, the facility has successfully launched a new venture. The
A National Reconnaissance Office satellite sits on a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle before its Aug. 4, 2022, launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Aurora Garner-Randolph (spokesperson for Stop the Space Waste), Published by The Press, 22 September 2024 OPINION: When I tell someone I’m going to protest against the New Zealand
