secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Rocket Lab Corp (RKLB)
CIK:        0001819994
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-053620
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024053620/0000950170-24-053620-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024053620/rklb-20240506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-053620

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