Shares in Rocket Lab Corp were heading for their second day of gains on Monday after the aerospace manufacturer was named as one of four companies that will build tracking satellites for the U.S.

Dec. 21 (UPI) --The international space company Rocket Lab successfully launched its 21st Electron mission of the year Sunday, ending 2025 with a 100% success rate for its small-lift rocket program.

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit. An Electron rocket carrying the QPS-SAR-15 satellite, ...

An Indian rocket launched the record-breaking BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite to orbit on Tuesday night (Dec. 23). BlueBird 6, built by Texas company AST SpaceMobile, lifted off atop an LVM3 rocket ...

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that sending massive vehicles to space had become as easy as baking a cake. But as ...

Japan’s H3 rocket lifted off for its seventh mission on Sunday, but an engine failure foiled its attempt to insert a navigation satellite in geostationary orbit. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

Dec 23 (Reuters) - The first-ever commercial rocket launched at Brazil's Alcantara Space Center crashed soon after liftoff late on Monday, dealing a blow to Brazilian aerospace ambitions and shares of ...

Rocket Lab's biggest contract ever used to be a $515 million defense contract awarded in 2023. In 2025, Rocket Lab won a new award 58% bigger than that -- $816 million to build 18 more missile defense ...

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Chinese state-owned space firm launches Long March 12A rocket Maiden flight is China's second attempt at completing reusable rocket test Long March 12A booster not recovered, failing test China hoping ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) increased +10.0% on Monday, propelled by a groundbreaking $816 million contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency and a successful 21st launch for this year carrying a Japanese ...