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accession: "0000950170-23-019699"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T09:48:07.102646+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab issues Q2 2023 guidance with revenue $60-63M, highlights launch cadence and new contracts

## Summary
- Q1 results exceeded prior guidance high end for revenue and gross margin; three successful Electron launches.
- Q2 2023 guidance: revenue $60-63M, GAAP gross margin 14-16%, adjusted EBITDA loss $22-24M.
- Post-quarter: two satellites deployed for NASA TROPICS; secured NASA Starling mission on expedited timeline.
- Rocket Lab plans to fly a pre-flown 3D-printed Rutherford engine in Q3 2023, a reusability milestone.
- Introduced HASTE suborbital vehicle; signed multiple new contracts from a displaced competitor's manifest.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-019699
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023019699/0000950170-23-019699-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023019699/rklb-20230509.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Rocket Lab Corp updated its first quarter ended March 31, 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 9, 2023, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023019699/0000950170-23-019699-index.htm

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