Rocket Lab USA A Stock News

Rocket Lab (RKLB 9.43%) stock has taken off like -- what else? -- a rocket.

Shares of Rocket Lab and Intuitive Machines are getting a lift Friday as the outlook for Elon Musk's SpaceX comes into question.

Space is the final frontier, and it is now turning into a burgeoning economy. Researchers estimate that the space economy is worth over $500 billion with heavy spending from governments around the world along with private-company partners, and that figure is expected to grow to around $1.8 trillion a year by 2035.

Few stocks have captured the imagination like Rocket Lab (RKLB 0.71%), a leader among a crop of young companies racing to turn the promise of the space economy into a reality.

IPO chatter is again swirling around Elon Musk's SpaceX and the rocket maker's Starlink satellite-internet constellation, but Musk seems in no rush to take either public.

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $RKLB--Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the launch window for its next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company. The mission, named ‘The Mountain God Guards,' will lau...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. NASDAQ: RKLB has taken another significant step in its evolution from a launch provider to a vertically integrated space and defense company. The company recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire Geost, a developer of electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) payloads for national security satellites.

MAHIA, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $RKLB--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 65th Electron to deploy Earth-imaging satellites for real-time space-based intelligence company BlackSky. The ‘Full Stream Ahead' mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New...