WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced May 7 the largest launch contract in the company’s history as it also moves to acquire a space robotics company.
As part of its first-quarter earnings announcement, Rocket Lab said it signed a contract with a confidential customer for five launches of its Neutron medium-lift rocket and Electron launches. Those launches are scheduled for 2026 to 2029.
The company did not disclose terms of the contract other than to say that the pricing of the launches “aligns with Rocket Lab’s average selling price” for the vehicles.
In an earnings call, Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s chief executive, said the contract value exceeds the company’s previous record, a $190 million contract for 20 launches of Electron’s suborbital variant, HASTE, announced in March.
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