Rocket Lab Wins NASA Award for Three Electron Launches
Rocket Lab will fly two back-to-back launches for PolSIR and one for TSIS-2, using Electron’s precise deployment to meet NASA’s schedule demands.
- On June 25, NASA announced it selected Rocket Lab to provide three Electron launches for the PolSIR and TSIS-2 science missions, with flights scheduled to begin in early 2027.
- Rocket Lab's extensive flight heritage across more than 90 launches was a key factor in the selection; founder and CEO Sir Peter Beck said Electron has become "synonymous with reliability" for NASA missions.
- PolSIR will deploy two identical CubeSats on dedicated Electron rockets to study ice clouds, while a separate Electron mission will carry the TSIS-2 spacecraft to measure the Sun's energy input to Earth.
- NASA awarded these missions under its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract vehicle, though the agency declined to disclose the financial value of the task orders.
- Rocket Lab is separately preparing to launch the LOXSAT refueling demonstration later this year and maintains an agreement for the Aspera astrophysics mission, expanding its NASA collaboration.
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Los Angeles Weekly TimesRocket Lab wins NASA award for three Electron launches
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NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Sun, Earth Sciences Missions
LONG BEACH, Calif., June 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by NASA to provide three Electron launches for two separate NASA…
Rocket Lab stock rises as NASA selects Electron for two missions
Shares of Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) climbed in premarket trading after the space company announced that NASA had selected its Electron launch vehicle for two Earth and solar science missions.The missions, known as Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer Satellite (PolSIR) and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2), will launch from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.The awards fall under NASA's Venture-Class …
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