Rocket Lab is a provider of end-to-end mission services, including complete satellite build and launch solutions, that provide rapid, frequent and reliable access to space.
Rocket became a publicly listed company on August 28, 2021 after completing a business combination with Vector Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. Forge no longer actively tracks this company.
Rocket Lab's SPAC, a fund called Vector Acquisition Corporation (VACQU), has traded on the Nasdaq for around $10 per share since it was listed in September 2020, and its stock shot up to more than $14 per share — a 30% increase — on the acquisition news.
Small-satellite launch company Rocket Lab just officially declared its second launch pad open, but it has already broken ground on a third. The new one will be located in New Zealand on the Mahia peninsula, right next to its first launch pad at the company’s original launch facility — w…