---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819994-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:59:20.444720+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab Q1 revenue $200.3M (+63.5% YoY), record backlog $2.2B; guides Q2 revenue $225-240M

## Summary
- Record Q1 revenue $200.3M, +63.5% YoY; GAAP gross margin 38.2% (record).
- Backlog $2.2B, up 20.2% QoQ; total liquidity >$2B following ATM offering.
- Signed 31 new launch contracts in Q1 (Electron/HASTE) and 5 Neutron launches; total manifest >70 missions.
- Completed Mynaric acquisition; signed definitive agreement to acquire Motiv Space Systems (robotics, SADAs).
- Selected for Golden Dome SBI program with Raytheon; introduced Gauss thruster; Neutron debut on track for later 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819994-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000027/0001819994-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000027/rklb-20260507.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819994-26-000027.txt

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