---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819994-26-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKLB"
cik: "0001819994"
company_name: "Rocket Lab Corp"
filed_at: "2026-08-10T20:08:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T20:10:26.749373+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Lab Q2 revenue $234M (+62% YoY), backlog $2.36B; guides Q3 to $250-265M; Iridium deal

## Summary
- Record Q2 revenue of $234M, up 62% YoY; record backlog of $2.36B, up 137% YoY.
- Announced agreement to acquire Iridium Communications; closed Mynaric and Motiv acquisitions.
- Q3 2026 guidance: revenue $250-265M; adjusted EBITDA loss of $17-23M; GAAP gross margin 29-31%.
- Awarded $397M U.S. Space Force SB-AMTI contract for Flatellite spacecraft on Neutron; one of two vendors.
- Won $160M+ in two contracts for three geostationary satellites; first GEO production for U.S. government.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819994-26-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKLB
- cik: 0001819994
- company_name: Rocket Lab Corp
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T20:08:45+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000061/0001819994-26-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000061/rklb-20260810.htm

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