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Rocket Lab

US
commercialFounded 2006
www.rocketlabusa.com
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For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects GAAP operating expenses between $55,000,000 and $57,000,000.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

Rocket Lab deployed two satellites to space for NASA’s TROPICS mission on the first of two dedicated Electron launches scheduled in May 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

Rocket Lab held a conference call for investors on 2023-05-09 at 1:30 p.m. PT to discuss first quarter 2023 business highlights and financial results.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

All HASTE launches will take place from Launch Complex 2 and require Rocket Lab to pay range fees to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility that are factored into prices.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab sees itself as leader of the small launch industry

Rocket Lab secured a multi-mission contract with Capella Space to launch four dedicated Electron launches in 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects Non-GAAP operating expenses between $41,000,000 and $43,000,000.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative FinancialMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

The Photon spacecraft was developed, manufactured, and tested at Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft Production Facility in Long Beach, California.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Completes Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries

Rocket Lab expects stock-based compensation of $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 in the second quarter of 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

Starling joins other NASA missions launched by Rocket Lab since 2018, including the ELaNa-19 educational CubeSat program, the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon, and two dedicated Electron launches for the NASA TROPICS mission.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab to Launch Small Satellite Swarm for NASA

The 2023-01-24 Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 mission deployed three satellites for radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects an Adjusted EBITDA loss of $22,000,000 to $24,000,000.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative FinancialMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

Neutron development is continuing with expanded launch and testing facilities, engine hardware being printed at Rocket Lab’s Long Beach headquarters, and vehicle hardware in production for upcoming structural tests during 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

For the second quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects GAAP gross margins between 14% and 16%.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

Rocket Lab was selected by NASA to launch the Starling mission on Electron on an expedited timeline.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

Rocket Lab remains the only U.S. commercial small launch provider to successfully deliver satellites to orbit in 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023

Rocket Lab developed and launched a high-energy variant of Photon in 2022 that deployed the CAPSTONE spacecraft to lunar orbit for NASA.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Completes Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries

The Rocket Lab-designed Photon spacecraft will provide power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control to Varda’s 120 kg capsule.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Completes Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries

Rocket Lab’s Photon is a configurable spacecraft bus platform that can support missions from low Earth orbit to interplanetary destinations.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Completes Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries

HASTE stands for Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron and is a suborbital variant of the Electron vehicle announced by Rocket Lab in April 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab sees itself as leader of the small launch industry

All Photon spacecraft incorporate Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured components and software including star trackers, propulsion, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 9, 2023Rocket Lab Completes Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries
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