SUPPLIER PROFILE
Rocket Lab
Communications · Optical links · Launch · +2 more work categories
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| Project / organization | Work / contribution | Agreement evidence | Disclosed value | Disclosure date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyperionKSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) | Rocket Lab, including acquired Mynaric optical terminals selected for the Hyperion pathfinder's optical relay and inter-satellite communications demonstrations. Optical links DetailsOptical links Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record. KSAT describes planned terminal carriage and demonstrations. Contract value, terminal quantity and in-orbit service are not established. Evidence checked 20 Oct 2026. Project: Hyperion Project stage: In development — first computing unit delivered Next project milestone: Integrate and launch the initial Hyperion satellites, targeted for late 2027; orbital testing remains planned. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. | Role confirmed | Not disclosed | Source ↗ |
| Kepler Tranche 2Kepler Communications | Dedicated Neutron launch for Kepler's next-generation network expansion, no earlier than 2028. Launch DetailsLaunch Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record. Disclosed buyer: Kepler Communications The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record. Price, spacecraft count and full legal terms are undisclosed. Separate from the ten-spacecraft Maverick/Portal allocation. Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026. Project: Kepler Tranche 2 Project stage: Launch arranged Next project milestone: Multiple 2028 launches: dedicated Neutron mission no earlier than 2028 and ten-satellite Motus Via Sol allocation targeted for mid-2028. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. | Role confirmed | Not disclosed | Source ↗ |
| JAXA D-OBEC / QPS-SAR12Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) | Dedicated Electron launch of QPS-SAR12 hosting D-OBEC, identified as the fourth launch under iQPS’s eight-satellite launch agreement announced February 28, 2025. The launch was delivered August 5, 2025. Launch capacity DetailsLaunch capacity Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record. Disclosed buyer: Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) Associated organization: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) This record reports a contract or order. A record may cover more than one instrument and does not establish completed delivery. This row covers the named D-OBEC host launch only. No price is disclosed, and the remaining contracted spacecraft do not become D-OBEC compute nodes. August 1 is the mission-allocation publication date, not contract signing date. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. Project: JAXA D-OBEC / QPS-SAR12 Project stage: In-orbit demonstrations Next project milestone: Further results from the selected AI apps and confirmation of continuing demonstration operations; no firm next event date disclosed. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. | Contract / order disclosed | Not disclosed | Source ↗ |
Other supply & hosting records
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| Organization | Work / contribution | Agreement evidence | Disclosed value | Disclosure date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synspective | Twenty additional dedicated Electron launches for Synspective StriX SAR constellation expansion, with missions scheduled from 2028 through 2031. Launch capacity DetailsLaunch capacity Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record. Disclosed buyer: Synspective This record reports a contract or order. A record may cover more than one instrument and does not establish completed delivery. October 1 is the customer announcement date, not a disclosed contract-signing date. Rocket Lab issued its corresponding original announcement on September 30, 2026. The signed agreement is achieved; the twenty launches remain future missions during 2028–2031. Contract value is undisclosed. The total of 47 contracted launches and 34 unflown includes previous agreements and must not be treated as the quantity of this new award. Preserve earlier ten-launch or other awards as separate agreements. Evidence checked 11 Oct 2026. | Contract / order disclosed | Not disclosed | Source ↗ |
| Synspective | Electron launch service delivering Synspective’s thirteenth StriX SAR satellite on September 26, 2026 from Launch Complex 1, New Zealand. Launch capacity DetailsLaunch capacity Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record. Disclosed buyer: Synspective The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record. Completed launch-service delivery, not a newly disclosed procurement contract. Price and signing date are undisclosed. Satellite testing and commissioning were still planned before service entry. Evidence checked 11 Oct 2026. | Role confirmed | Not disclosed | Source ↗ |
| Synspective | Electron launch service delivering Synspective’s twelfth StriX SAR satellite on September 19 2026 from Launch Complex 1, New Zealand. Launch capacity DetailsLaunch capacity Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record. Disclosed buyer: Synspective The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record. Completed launch-service delivery, not a newly disclosed procurement contract. Price and signing date are undisclosed. Satellite testing and commissioning were still planned. Evidence checked 11 Oct 2026. | Role confirmed | Not disclosed | Source ↗ |
| U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command | Complementary Space Data Network integration agreement package: a fixed-priced contract to prototype and demonstrate multi-vendor interconnectivity, plus an OTA agreement supporting a Space Exchange Point system.… Communications · Ground stations & ground segment DetailsComplementary Space Data Network integration agreement package: a fixed-priced contract to prototype and demonstrate multi-vendor interconnectivity, plus an OTA agreement supporting a Space Exchange Point system. Includes design, testing and demonstration for satellite interoperability and ground-to-space data transport. Communications · Ground stations & ground segment Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command This record reports a contract or order. A record may cover more than one instrument and does not establish completed delivery. One aggregate record represents the explicitly disclosed two-instrument package, not one $12 million individual contract. No allocation between the fixed-priced contract and OTA is disclosed. SSC is the named government consortium participant; the source does not identify the legal buyer of each instrument, so buyer_id is null. Photon orbital demonstration is expected in 2027 and remains planned; no completed test, operational data backbone, throughput, compute capacity or separate launch order is asserted. Company-announced combined value of a fixed-priced contract and an OTA agreement; no per-instrument allocation disclosed. Value disclosure date: 18 Aug 2026 Evidence checked 12 Oct 2026. | Contract / order disclosed | USD 12,000,000 | Source ↗ |