Private company

Planetary Systems Corporation

Planetary Systems Corporation is a company in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, founded in 1998.1 It is part of Rocket Lab USA.1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1

Corporate structure

Planetary Systems Corporation is part of a group headed by Rocket Lab Corporation. 15 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Rocket Lab Corporation Long Beach, California, United States
    • Planetary Systems Corporation Silver Spring, United States
    • ASI Aerospace LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • LightRidge Interco Solutions Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Rocket Lab Australia Pty Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
    • Rocket Lab Composites LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Rocket Lab Global Services, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Rocket Lab National Security LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Rocket Lab Space Systems Inc. Subsidiary · British Columbia, Canada
    • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • SolAero Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • SolAero IRB Company, LLC Subsidiary · New Mexico, United States
    • SolAero Solar Power LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • SolAero Technologies Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • SolAero, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Rocket Lab USA

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$253.9K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $253.9K in all. PPP loans $253.9K.$0$100K$200K$300K2020 · PPP loans: $253.9K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$253.9K$253.9K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA2. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 15, 2020$253.9K PPP loan (first draw) from Peoples Bank2To PLANETARY SYSTEMS CORP, Silver Spring MD; $257.1K forgiven Jul 19, 2021

Sources

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