rockets

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It designs rockets as well as manufacturing and launching its own and other people's satellites.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Founded two decades ago in New Zealand but now based in California, Rocket Lab has launched 88 small-payload rockets mostly into low-Earth orbit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But Rocket Lab isn’t content being a little brother to SpaceX and its gigantic rockets, which ferry Starlink satellites and other cargo to space every few days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The planned flotation of SpaceX, which builds space exploration rockets and infrastructure but also owns xAI and Starlink, could push his net worth to about $1tn.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The word had spread after our last launch that our big new rockets were potentially dangerous to spectators.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam