Rocket Lab ( $RKLB ): 20-Year "Overnight Success" FULL TIMELINE 2006 — @RocketLab Founded in Auckland, New Zealand, by Peter Beck 2009 — Ātea-1 launches from Great Mercury Island on 30 November, making Rocket Lab the first private company in the Southern Hemisphere to reach space, on total capitalization under NZ$100,000 ($60,000) 2010 — Wins DARPA contracts for a new propellant & propulsion system, plus a rocket-launched UAV 2013 — Beck moves to the US, raises a $5M Series A led by…