Rocket Lab Corp

RKLB

Market cap $22.5B

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Rocket Lab and Intuitive Machines build 2025 momentum as missions, contracts and expanding capabilities draw growing investor attention.

Palantir (PLTR +0.80%) and Rocket Lab (RKLB +0.35%) are emerging as two powerful forces in defense, AI, and space technology. Their momentum, combined with expanding partnerships and rising demand for secure intelligence capabilities, could drive substantial long-term upside.

LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the launch window for the first of two dedicated Electron launches with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

The space exploration landscape is shifting thanks to innovations from commercial companies like Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab is the second-most-used launch company in the U.S., utilizing its small-lift Electron rocket for small missions.

Rocket Lab stock came close to tripling in 2025 -- until the momentum broke. Over the past month, Rocket Lab stock has fallen 38%.

Rocket Lab (RKLB +2.18%) is one of the most innovative companies in the world right now.

Rocket Lab NASDAQ: RKLB has been one of the most explosive names in the aerospace and defense sector over the past year. The company has transformed from a niche small-cap into a mainstream space-industry favorite, now carrying a roughly $23 billion market cap.

RKLB stock has dropped 33.3% over the previous 21 trading days. This steep drop is closely associated with renewed investor worries regarding the Neutron rocket program.

Rocket Lab Corporation reported strong Q3 2025 results with 48% revenue growth and improved gross margins, despite the slippage of Neutron into Q1 next year. I also see growing contribution from RKLB's space systems and HASTE, with services revenue up 101% YOY, two back-to-back HASTE missions in Q3, and Q4 non-GAAP gross margin guided to 43–45%. The Neutron platform and $0.5B SDA program are the main catalysts in my watchlist, but schedule slippage to hardware arrival at LC-3 in Q1 2026 makes Neutron timing a risk.