secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Rocket Lab Corp (RKLB)
CIK:        0001819994
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-10T20:08:45+00:00
Accession:  0001819994-26-000061
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000061/0001819994-26-000061-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819994/000181999426000061/rklb-20260810.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819994-26-000061

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