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Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) reported Q3 FY2025 revenue of $155 million, a 48% year‑over‑year increase, and a record GAAP gross margin of 37%. The company secured 17 Electron launch contracts in Q3, is on track for 20+ launches this year, and completed the acquisition of Geost for up to $325 million. Rocket Lab exited the quarter with $1+ billion in liquidity, opened Launch Complex 3 for Neutron, and updated Neutron timing to arrival at LC‑3 in Q1 2026 pending qualification. Q4 guidance: revenue $170–180 million, GAAP gross margin 37–39%, adjusted EBITDA loss $23–29 million, and basic shares outstanding ~571 million.

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) successfully launched Electron mission F74, deploying a single synthetic aperture radar satellite QPS-SAR-14 (YACHIHOKO-I) to a 575km circular orbit on Nov 5, 2025.

This was Rocket Lab's 74th Electron launch, the company's 16th of 2025 (matching its 2024 yearly record), and the sixth dedicated mission for iQPS. Rocket Lab also announced an additional multi-launch agreement with iQPS, under which Electron will carry six more dedicated iQPS missions to expand the company's Earth-imaging constellation.

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) will release its third quarter 2025 financial results after U.S. market close on Monday, November 10, 2025.

The company will host a conference call at 2:00 PM Pacific Time / 5:00 PM Eastern Time, with a live webcast and replay available on the company’s investor relations website at www.investors.rocketlabcorp.com. Investor and media contacts are provided for follow-up.

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) completed its Photon spacecraft and cleared the Systems Integration Review (SIR) in September for Eta Space and NASA’s LOXSAT cryogenic fueling technology demonstration. Payload integration is finished and the mission will enter environmental testing ahead of a planned Electron launch in early 2026.

LOXSAT will test zero-loss liquid oxygen storage on orbit to inform a future Cryo-Dock propellant depot targeted for operation in 2030. The mission is sponsored by NASA’s Tipping Point program; Rocket Lab will provide both spacecraft and launch services using its Photon platform with flight heritage from CAPSTONE (2022).

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) scheduled a dedicated Electron launch for Japan-based iQPS; the mission window opens on November 5, 2025 UTC (local Nov 6 NZT).

The mission, named “The Nation God Navigates”, will be Electron's 74th launch and the company's 16th mission in 2025, deploying QPS-SAR-14 (YACHIHOKO-I) to a 575 km circular orbit. QPS-SAR-14 joins iQPS's SAR constellation; iQPS aims for a 36-satellite network providing near-real-time images every 10 minutes. Six additional dedicated iQPS launches are planned for 2026 and beyond. Rocket Lab says Electron has had 100% mission success this year.

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) successfully launched the “Owl New World” mission on Oct 14, 2025, deploying the seventh StriX satellite for Synspective to a 583 km low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

This was Rocket Lab’s 15th mission of 2025 and the first of 21 dedicated Electron launches contracted for Synspective through the end of the decade, bringing the total planned launches for Synspective with Rocket Lab to 27 missions. The company says this launch furthers its forecast to exceed its prior annual record of 16 launches and reach 20+ launches in 2025.

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) signed a direct contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for two dedicated Electron launches from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The first launch is scheduled for December 2025 to deploy JAXA’s RAISE-4 demonstration satellite, carrying eight technologies. The second mission, scheduled in 2026, is a JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight spacecraft including educational small sats, an ocean-monitoring satellite, an ultra-small multispectral camera demo, and a deployable origami antenna.

Rocket Lab says it has more than two dozen dedicated missions booked to fly on Electron through the end of the decade and reports 100% mission success for launches completed this year.

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) signed a multi-launch contract with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) for three additional dedicated Electron missions, bringing iQPS’s booked Electron launches to seven. The missions are scheduled to launch no earlier than 2026 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

Each mission will deploy a single SAR satellite using Rocket Lab’s Motorized Lightband separation system, demonstrating Rocket Lab’s vertical integration across launch and space systems. Rocket Lab says it increased production and cadence to meet demand for 20+ launches in 2025. The next iQPS launch is scheduled for November 2025, with further details to follow.

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) set the launch window for its next Synspective mission, "Owl New World," opening October 14, 2025 UTC from Launch Complex 1, New Zealand.

The mission will deploy Synspective's seventh StriX satellite, the first of a new generation for its LEO SAR constellation. This flight is Rocket Lab's seventh launch for Synspective, part of a scheduled series of 21 missions to complete the constellation before the end of the decade.

Rocket Lab reported this will be its 15th launch of 2025 and 73rd overall, noting 100% mission success so far this year and a projected 20+ launches in 2025.