Vector Acquisition Corporation

Vector Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on July 28, 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Redemption Price: 10. Warrant Coverage: 1/3.

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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is an aerospace company, which engages in the development of rocket launch and control systems for the space and defense industries. It operates through the Launch Services and Space Systems segments. The Launch Services segment provides launch services to customers on a dedicated mission or ride share basis. The Space Systems segment consists of spacecraft engineering and design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing, and on-orbit mission operations. The company was founded by Peter Beck in 2006 and is headquartered in Long Beach, CA.

The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) begins trading publicly. During this phase the SPAC looks for a target company to merge with or acquire.

SEARCHING PHASE

The SPAC announces which company it will be acquiring (and taking public).

PREVIOUS PHASE

Investors and shareholders will meet to approve the acquisition.

CURRENT PHASE

Rocket Lab USA

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced that it completed its previously announced merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: VACQ) (“Vector”) to take Rocket Lab public. Vector's shareholders approved the merger at an annual general meeting of Vector's shareholders on August 20, 2021. The combined company will retain the Rocket Lab USA, Inc. name and w

Rocket Lab Completes Merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation to Become Publicly Traded End-to-End Space Company

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Rocket Lab is one step closer to going to Mars with NASA's approval of the company's Photon spacecraft for an upcoming science mission. If all continues according to plan the two craft will launch in 2024 and arrive on the Red Planet 11 months later to study its magnetosphere.

Rocket Lab's Mars mission gets green light from NASA

In 2023, Varda Space and Rocket Lab will put the first space manufacturing plant in orbit.

Factories in Space? Yeah, That's a Thing Now

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vector Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: VACQ) (“Vector”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company backed by leading technology investor Vector Capital, today announced that Vector's shareholders voted to approve its proposed merger with Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch and space systems, at its annual general meeting of shareholders held on August 20, 2021. Vector also announced that holders of les

Vector Acquisition Corporation Shareholders Approve Proposed Merger With Rocket Lab

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Rocket Lab to launch four PocketQube satellites for Alba Orbital to demonstrate innovative radio and night-time Earth observation technologies

Rocket Lab to Launch Four PocketQube Satellites for Alba Orbital

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Rocket Lab Announces Conference Call to Review Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Rocket Lab Announces Conference Call to Review Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Rocket Lab has announced it will launch a satellite to test space junk removal technologies for Finnish company Aurora Propulsion Technologies.

Rocket Lab to Launch Finnish Satellite Developing Next-Generation Space Junk Removal Technologies

Rocket Lab will provide Varda Space Industries three Photon spacecraft to support the start-up's first in-space manufacturing missions.

Rocket Lab and space factories start-up Varda sign deal for three spacecraft

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Rocket Lab has signed a deal with Varda Space Industries to produce multiple Photon spacecraft to support in-space manufacturing.

Rocket Lab Inks Deal With Varda Space Industries to Supply Multiple Photon Spacecraft for Space Manufacturing Missions

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Rocket Lab announces its next mission is part of a rapid launch schedule of three dedicated Electron missions for global monitoring company BlackSky.

Rocket Lab to Launch Three Back-To-Back Missions for BlackSky from Late August

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Rocket Lab today announced it will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon for NASA from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand

Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission From New Zealand

Rocket Lab is back in business launching rockets, after an issue during its last launch in May caused a total loss of the payloads on board. The company was quick to investigate the issue, and announced just over a week ago that it had completed that work, identified the problem and implemented corrective action to […]

Rocket Lab returns to flight after failed May mission with successful launch for U.S. Space Force

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vector Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: VACQ) (“Vector”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company backed by leading technology investor Vector Capital, today announced that its Annual Meeting of the Company's shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) to consider the previously announced business combination (“Business Combination”) with Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (“Rocket Lab”), a global leader in launch and space systems, has been set for August 20, 2021. Sha

Vector Acquisition Corporation Announces Effectiveness of Registration Statement and Annual Meeting Set for August 20, 2021 to Approve Proposed Merger with Rocket Lab

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The Next 'SpaceX', Rocket Lab Shares On Nasdaq

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The Virgin Galactic flight is being heralded as a milestone for commercial space flight. That's got space stocks ASTS, ASTR and VACQ gaining in Monday's pre-market trading.

Space Stocks: The Milestone That Has VACQ, ASTR, ASTS Stocks Gaining Today

The cohort of space SPAC stocks is quietly moving toward their various merger completion dates.

We Remain At Buy On Vector Acquisition Corp. As Rocket Lab Merger Completion Draws Nearer

Cheap deep space exploration missions hold promise for Rocket Lab -- and peril for the dinosaurs of space.

Rocket Lab Is Going to Mars. Will Vector Acquisition Stock Go to the Moon?

A leading space rocket launch company has announced a design contract with NASA for a mission to Mars that boosts the company's pipeline.  What Happened: Rocket Lab, which is merging with Vector Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: VACQ), announced a design contract with NASA for the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission.

Rocket Lab Awarded NASA Design Contract For Mission To Mars: What Investors Should Know

Rocket Lab is developing two spacecraft based on its Photon platform to orbit Mars, studying the planet's magnetosphere in order to gain a better understanding of the ways in which Mars' climate has changed over time. The science mission was awarded through NASA's Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program, and will fly to […]

Rocket Lab to design two orbital spacecraft for NASA to study Mars

Rocket Lab on Tuesday announced it won an early NASA contract to send two of its Photon spacecraft on a mission to Mars in 2024.

Rocket Lab wins NASA contract for Mars spacecraft as interplanetary missions become less costly

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Rocket Lab, a global leader in dedicated launch and space systems, has been awarded a contract to design two Photon spacecraft for a scientific mission to Mars. The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, led by Rob Lillis at the University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, is a twin-spacecraft science mission that will orbit two spacecraft around Mars to understand the structure, composition, variability, a

Rocket Lab Awarded Contract to Design Twin Spacecraft for Mars

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VACQ--Seasoned technology leaders Merline Saintil and Jon A. Olson join Rocket Lab Board of Directors as the company prepares for Nasdaq listing.

Rocket Lab Welcomes Two New Independent Board Members

Rocket Lab has already received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume its launch activities, following a failure during the second stage burn of its 20th Electron rocket mission that resulted in the loss of the payload. That's a testament to Rocket Lab's safety systems design, and everything working as intended when it […]

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