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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-002931"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T02:31:58.752173+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab wins $515M SDA contract for 18 satellites as prime contractor

## Summary
- Firm-fixed price agreement worth $515M ($489M base + $26M incentives/options) from Space Development Agency.
- Rocket Lab will design, build, test, and operate 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta data transport satellites.
- Satellites to be built at Long Beach facility; launch scheduled for 2027.
- Marks Rocket Lab's first prime contract for a DoD satellite constellation; vertically integrated subsystems.
- Investor conference call at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET) today on the company's IR website.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-002931
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024002931/0000950170-24-002931-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024002931/rklb-20240108.htm

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