Rocket Lab Is Growing Faster Than SpaceX. Here's Why.

Rocket Lab just might be the first space company to figure out how to compete with SpaceX on price.SpaceX wrapped up 2024 with a record 138 rocket launches, including test flights of its Starship mega-rocket. Although SpaceX lost its second stage this time, in the company's first test flight of 2025, Starship's Super Heavy booster successfully launched and then returned for a chopsticks "landing" at SpaceX's Mechazilla launch-and-landing tower.In 2024, SpaceX launched as many rockets as the entire rest of t ...