Rocket Lab Lands $816m Deal to Build US Missile-Tracking Satellites

Rocket lab signs $1.4b deal with US space agency

Rocket Lab will manufacture 18 satellites equipped with advanced sensors to track and detect missile threats. Photo: Supplied / Rocket Lab Rocket Lab has scored its largest single contract to date.

Rocket Lab signs huge deal with US space agency

The NZ company will manufacture 18 satellites equipped with advanced sensors to track and detect missile threats.

Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites

An artist’s rendering of Rocket Lab’s Tracking Layer Tranche 3 (TRKT3) program satellites, which are built on its Lightning satellite platform. Image: Rocket Lab The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded roughly $3.5 billion to four companies to begin building out the third generation of its low Earth orbit constellation. The SDA issued firm fixed-priced Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements with L3Harris Technologies,…

Rocket Lab lands $816m deal to build US missile-tracking satellites

New Zealand–founded space company Rocket Lab has landed its largest contract to date, winning an $816 million deal to build a new generation of...

Rocket Lab wins another defense-related space contract

The $816 million contract follows a separate $515 million — both awarded by the U.S. Space Development Agency.

Rocket Lab wins huge US contract worth $1.7 billion for missile defence satellites system

Rocket Lab will deliver satellites designed for missile warning, to provide global detection and tracking of emerging threats, including of hypersonic systems.