Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) shares climbed Friday after the U.S. Space Force selected the company to join its $5.6 billion National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. Under the program, Rocket Lab ...

The U.S. Space Force has added Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space and California-based Rocket Lab USA to the list ... for the national security launch program “is a testament to the company’s ...

The mission, designated NROL-174, lifted off at 3:33 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg.

March 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA ... security missions for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program. The firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite ...

The plan is to build the equivalent of Florida’s Cape Canaveral to anchor the Islamic Republic’s space ambitions. It’s a program that ... satellite carrier rocket—likely shortens the ...

Rocket Lab's Neutron (left) and Stoke Space's Nova rockets tapped for the Space Force's NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 program. Credit: Rocket Lab and Stoke Space The U.S. Space Force has added Rocket Lab ...

Rocket Lab announced that the U.S. Space Force had included it in Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch program, (NSSL3.1). What is NSSL3.1? Basically, it's an umbrella contract ...

The program has reportedly ... “Iran’s work on space-launch vehicles — including its two-stage, liquid-fueled Simorgh satellite carrier rocket — likely shortens the timeline to produce ...

Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen, the Space Force’s program executive officer for assured access to space. Initial $5 million task orders Rocket Lab and Stoke Space represent a new generation of launch ...

On Episode 156 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik welcome Dr. Phil Metzger from the University of Central Florida to discuss the dangerous realities of rocket plumes when landing ...