Founded in 2006 by New Zealand engineer Sir Peter Beck, Rocket Lab grew from a small-launch pioneer into a global space company headquartered in Long Beach, California. It is known for Electron, the rocket that established its track record of delivering customer payloads to orbit, and now helps commercial, civil and defense organizations carry out space missions from launch through satellite operations.
Rocket LabFounded in 2006 by engineer Sir Peter Beck, Rocket Lab is a Long Beach-headquartered space company that designs and manufactures rockets, spacecraft, satellite components and space systems while providing launch and on-orbit mission services. Its Electron small launch vehicle has delivered more than 200 satellites to orbit, while the company develops the reusable Neutron medium-lift rocket and operates launch sites in New Zealand and Virginia. Rocket Lab also manufactures space solar power systems in Albuquerque and spacecraft in an 11,000-square-foot Long Beach cleanroom, giving it an unusually vertically integrated path from mission design to orbit.SILVER SPRING, MD
Vitesse SystemsWith more than 55 years of space heritage, Vitesse Systems is a U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturer known for keeping engineering, production, and testing together across six facilities. Headquartered in Newark, California, it serves demanding government and commercial programs, including space missions where its Longmont team has produced complex lightweight antenna hardware through additive manufacturing.JESSUP, MD
Voyager TechnologiesVoyager Technologies builds mission-critical defense and space systems, spanning propulsion, advanced electronics, orbital infrastructure and spectrum-dominance technologies for missions from Earth to the Moon and beyond. Founded in 2019, the Denver-based company has grown by bringing twelve specialized aerospace and technology companies into its enterprise. Voyager says its systems and services have supported more than 2,000 space missions for customers in over 35 nations, including work through the Bishop Airlock, the first and only permanent commercially owned module on the International Space Station.CLEVELAND, OH
Quantum Space CorporationBuilt by a team of established space-industry figures—including former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and co-founder Kam Ghaffarian—Quantum Space Corporation is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, with a growing U.S. manufacturing footprint. The company develops spacecraft for national security, civil, and commercial operators, with Ranger intended to support sustained orbital operations and satellite servicing.ROCKVILLE, MD