Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company and launch service provider, specializing in small satellite launches with its Electron rocket, which has launched 63 times as of April 2025. They are also developing the larger Neutron rocket for constellation deployment. Rocket Lab provides complete space solutions including satellite design and manufacture, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management, serving commercial, civil, and defense markets, with major partners including NASA and the US Space Force. Key products include the Electron and Neutron rockets, Photon satellite bus, and various satellite components.
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Rocket Lab completed its first U.S. launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on 2023-01-24.
For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects interest expense (income), net of $1,000,000.
The Rocket Lab-designed Photon spacecraft will provide power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control to Varda’s 120 kg capsule.
Rocket Lab completed and shipped a custom Photon spacecraft developed for Varda Space Industries.
Rocket Lab is planning 20 Electron launches in 2024 with a launch rate increasing to six launches per quarter in the final quarter of 2024.
Rocket Lab achieved programmatic milestones for two Photon spacecraft to support NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
Rocket Lab expects stock-based compensation of $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 in the second quarter of 2023.
Rocket Lab was selected by NASA to launch the Starling mission on Electron on an expedited timeline.
Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle has provided access to orbit for NASA since 2018.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) signed a deal to launch NASA’s Starling mission.
The Photon spacecraft was developed, manufactured, and tested at Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft Production Facility in Long Beach, California.
Rocket Lab completed a seven-day turnaround between its 34th Electron launch, "Stronger Together," from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 on 2023-03-16 and its 35th Electron launch, "The Beat Goes On," from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on 2023-03-24.
Rocket Lab secured a multi-mission contract with Capella Space to launch four dedicated Electron launches in 2023.
Rocket Lab’s Photon is a configurable spacecraft bus platform that can support missions from low Earth orbit to interplanetary destinations.
Rocket Lab remains the only U.S. commercial small launch provider to successfully deliver satellites to orbit in 2023.
For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects Non-GAAP gross margins between 22% and 24%.
For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects revenue between $60,000,000 and $63,000,000.
For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects Non-GAAP operating expenses between $41,000,000 and $43,000,000.
Rocket Lab delivered fiscal first quarter 2023 financial results that exceeded the high end of prior guidance for revenue and gross margin.
The 2023-01-24 Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 mission deployed three satellites for radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360.