Rocket Lab

Flight record

These are launches under RL’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, RL is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

No scheduled flight names RL with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About RL

Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.

Upcoming launches

• Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)

  Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

  T-··:··:··

  2026-11-14 05:30Z

  GoT-0 SETOrbit: LEOVehicle file

• Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6

  Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

  Q4 2026

  TBDNET ±1 QUARTEROrbit: LEOVehicle file

• Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 7

  Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

  Q4 2026

  TBDNET ±1 QUARTEROrbit: LEOVehicle file

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

RL in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Common questions

How many launches has Rocket Lab flown?

Rocket Lab has flown 99 launches under its own name. 95 succeeded and 4 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

What is Rocket Lab's success rate?

96.0%. That's 95 successful flights out of 99 attempts. Its last 58 launches in a row have succeeded.

When is Rocket Lab's next launch?

Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10), set for November 14, 2026 at 05:30 UTC from Unknown Pad. Launch Library files that T-0 to the minute. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.

Does Rocket Lab fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

Rocket Lab has flown 99 launches under its own name. It's the operator on 3 scheduled flights. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.

Where is Rocket Lab based?

United States of America. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 2006.