Rocket Lab wins its largest-ever launch contract, a $266 million Space Force deal

Rocket Lab wins a $266 million Space Force contract for 12 suborbital launches supporting missile defence capabilities, with options for six more launches. The contract, the company's largest ever, will be primarily executed from a new facility at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska in Kodiak.

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