Rocket Lab Timeline

Events

• 2026-06-29 - Acquisition - Rocket Lab agrees to acquire Iridium in an $8.0 billion transaction - Iridium stockholders are due $27.00 in cash plus Rocket Lab shares for each Iridium share, with a notional value of $54.00 per share. The transaction combines Iridium’s L-band network and spectrum with Rocket Lab’s launch and spacecraft-manufacturing… - source: investor.iridium.com
• 2026-05-08 - Acquisition - Rocket Lab agrees to acquire Motiv Space Systems - The deal added Motiv robotic arms, actuators and spacecraft mechanism technology to Rocket Lab space systems portfolio. Motiv brought flight-proven Mars rover and space robotics heritage into the transaction. The event is a corporate-control milestone for a… - source: govconwire.com
• 2025-11-13 - Deployment - Rocket Lab-built twin spacecraft begin Mars journey for ESCAPADE mission - Rocket Lab announced that two Explorer-class spacecraft built for NASA and UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission had launched and begun their journey to Mars. The spacecraft are designed to study the Martian magnetosphere. The event anchors Rocket Lab's profile in… - source: investors.rocketlabcorp.com