# Rocket Lab USA acquires Motiv Space Systems: acquisition

Canonical ID: `e150634b-66e1-44e8-a119-ec55900b0511`

Rocket Lab acquired Motiv Space Systems, the Pasadena space-robotics firm behind the robotic arm on NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, expanding Rocket Lab's spacecraft-components and robotics capabilities.

- **Structure:** full acquisition
- **Status:** completed
- **Valuation:** undisclosed
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties

- **Acquirer:** [Rocket Lab USA](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/rocket-lab.md)
- **Acquired:** [Motiv Space Systems](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/motiv-space-systems.md)

## Sources (1)

1. https://pasadenanow.com/main/rocket-lab-acquires-pasadena-robotics-firm-behind-mars-rovers-arm


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