Rocket Lab (RKLB) delivered another record-breaking quarter, underscoring the company’s rapid transformation into a fully integrated space infrastructure provider. Second-quarter revenue climbed 62% year-over-year to a record $234 million<\/strong>, while backlog surged 137%<\/strong> to an all-time high of $2.36 billion<\/strong>, reflecting strong demand across launch services and space systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Founder and CEO Sir Peter Beck<\/strong> described the quarter as “another fantastic quarter,” noting that Rocket Lab has already secured more than $1 billion in new contracts<\/strong> during the third quarter across its launch and space systems businesses. The company also completed the acquisitions of Mynaric and Motiv and announced its proposed acquisition of Iridium Communications<\/strong>, a move that would position Rocket Lab as a vertically integrated company capable of designing, building, launching, and operating its own satellite constellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Operational momentum also remained strong. Rocket Lab secured more than $437 million<\/strong> in new launch contracts, expanding its launch backlog to over 90 missions<\/strong>, while introducing GHOST<\/strong>, a globally deployable launch system designed to enable launches from virtually anywhere in the world. Meanwhile, development of the reusable Neutron<\/strong> rocket continues to advance, with first-stage production remaining on track for launch pad delivery in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company also strengthened its defense business with major U.S. Space Force awards, including a $397 million<\/strong> contract for its Flatellite spacecraft and more than $160 million<\/strong> in geostationary satellite contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking ahead, Rocket Lab expects third-quarter revenue between $250 million and $265 million<\/strong>, signaling continued growth as the company expands its launch capabilities, satellite manufacturing, and global space infrastructure footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Strong guidance, a record backlog, and the proposed Iridium acquisition reinforce Rocket Lab\u2019s long-term ambitions Rocket Lab (RKLB) delivered another record-breaking quarter, underscoring the company’s rapid transformation into a fully integrated space infrastructure provider. Second-quarter revenue climbed 62% year-over-year to a record $234 million, while backlog surged 137% to an all-time high of $2.36 billion, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[]},"categories":[326,325,361],"tags":[811,420,421,416,418,855,417],"coauthors":[454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10978,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10977\/revisions\/10978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10977"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}