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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-125448"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2024-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T02:09:28.714537+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab Q3 revenue $105M (+55% YoY); guides Q4 record $125-135M

## Summary
- Q3 2024 revenue $105M, up 55% YoY; backlog reached $1.05B.
- Record 12 Electron launches in 2024; signed $55M in new contracts at avg $8.4M per launch (67% price increase since debut).
- Signed multi-launch Neutron agreement with confidential constellation operator; selected by NASA for Mars sample return study.
- Q4 2024 guidance: revenue $125-135M (record), GAAP gross margin 26-28%, adjusted EBITDA loss $27-29M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-125448
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2024-11-12T23:59:59+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/1819994/000095017024125448/0000950170-24-125448-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000095017024125448/rklb-20241112.htm

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