---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-039844"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T02:37:16.640067+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab reports Q2 above guidance; Q3 revenue guidance $73M-$77M

## Summary
- Q2 revenue and gross margin above prior guidance midpoints.
- Q3 2023 revenue guidance $73M-$77M, adjusted EBITDA loss $10M-$14M.
- Three successful Electron launches in Q2; acquired Virgin Orbit assets.
- Signed 10 new launch contracts since Q1, including Synspective and BlackSky.
- Completed first stage splashdown recovery for reusability program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-039844
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023039844/0000950170-23-039844-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023039844/rklb-20230808.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-039844
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-039844.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Rocket Lab Corp reported second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue above the midpoint of prior guidance.
  - Period: second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: above the midpoint of prior guidance
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On August 8, 2023, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017023039844/0000950170-23-039844-index.htm

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