---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-053620"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:20:08.083292+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab Q1 revenue up 69% YoY; Q2 guidance $105-110M; Neutron delayed to mid-2025

## Summary
- Q1 2024 revenue grew 69% year-on-year; closed quarter with over $1 billion in backlog.
- Q2 2024 guidance: revenue $105-110M, GAAP gross margin 24-26%, adjusted EBITDA loss $23-25M.
- Neutron rocket first flight adjusted to no earlier than mid-2025 after first Archimedes engine assembly.
- Post-quarter awarded $32M Victus Haze and $14.49M STP launch contracts from U.S. Space Force.
- Space Development Agency $515M constellation contract (18 satellites) program kick-off completed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-053620
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024053620/0000950170-24-053620-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024053620/rklb-20240506.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Rocket Lab Corp reported financial results for first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today shared the financial results for fiscal first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024053620/0000950170-24-053620-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Rocket Lab Corp reported second quarter of 2024 results: revenue between $105 million and $110 million. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: second quarter of 2024
  - Revenue: between $105 million and $110 million
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: For the second quarter of 2024, Rocket Lab expects: • Revenue between $105 million and $110 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024053620/0000950170-24-053620-index.htm

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