>[!info] Mynaric
>Rocket Lab recently announced their intentions to acquire [Mynaric](https://mynaric.com/), a laser satcom payload company for $75 million. More information will be added as it's available.
>
>đź”— [[Rocket Lab Announces Intention to Acquire Mynaric, Leading Laser Communications Provider, in Latest Strategic Step Toward Becoming an End-to-End Space Company]]
Rocket Lab has made 6 strategic acquisitions, 4 companies and 2 asset purchases:
| **Company** | Date | Cost |
| --------------------------------------- | --------------- | ----------- |
| [[Sinclair Interplanetary]] | March 2020 | Undisclosed |
| [[Advanced Solutions Inc]] | October 12 2021 | $40,000,000 |
| [[SolAero Technologies]] | December 2021 | $80,000,000 |
| [[Planetary Systems Corporation (PSC)]] | December 2021 | $42,000,000 |
### Virgin Orbit
Rocket Lab purchased many of [[Virgin Orbit]]'s assets after their bankruptcy:
- [[Rocket Lab Bolsters Neutron Rocket Program with Purchase of Virgin Orbit Long Beach California Assets|đź“° New Release]]
- [đź”— Spacenews.com Article](https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-opens-engine-facility-in-former-virgin-orbit-headquarters/)
- [[5-25-23 8-K - Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with Virgin Orbit Holdings|đź’Ľ SEC Filing]]
### SailGp
**October 03, 2023** Rocket Lab acquired acquired SailGP Technologies’ world-class manufacturing complex in Warkworth, New Zealand
**Source**: [[From sea to skies, Rocket Lab acquires SailGP Technologies facilities and team in Warkworth, New Zealand]]
## Vertical Integration Strategy
In a May '24 interview Peter Beck detailed Rocket Lab's methodology behind making acquisitions, giving three primary reasons:
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>1. "If the supply chain can not provide us the surety to deliver what we need, then we’ll go and vertically integrate"
>2. “If it’s too expensive and it’s too slow, generally we need to own it because we can make it cheaper and faster”
>3. "Is this going to be strategically important to us in the future for stuff that we think we're going to do"
(relevant section begins at 21:53)
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## Future Acquisitions
Rocket lab has indicated it will likely make additional acquisition(s) in the future to support the build out and deployment of their own constellation / assets in orbit.
In a [[2024 Convertible Senior Note]] capital raise, Rocket Lab indicated some of the funds could be used for M&A:
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> "We look forward to deploying this capital efficiently and expediently towards a mix of opportunities including potential M&A and other strategic growth and scaling investments."