Form 8-K · Current Report · Filed 2026-09-15
Rocket Lab Completes Financing for Iridium Acquisition
Rocket Lab Corporation has successfully completed its $1.944 billion At-The-Market equity offering and amended Iridium's credit agreement to secure financing for its pending acquisition of Iridium Communications Inc., expected to close in mid-2027.
- Filer
- Rocket Lab Corporation RKLB · NASDAQ
- Filed
- Accession
- 0001753926-26-001769
- CIK
- 0001819994
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- High impactIndustrials
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- Official filing on sec.gov ↗
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The amendment also includes a parent guarantee from Rocket Lab USA and the termination of a $3.6 billion bridge debt facility.
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About Rocket Lab Corporation
Rocket Lab Corporation is a public aerospace and space company that provides end-to-end launch and spacecraft solutions for commercial, government, and defense customers. Its core activities include launch services, spacecraft design and manufacturing, satellite components, flight software, and on-orbit management. Rocket Lab’s product line centers on the Electron small orbital launch vehicle, the HASTE suborbital vehicle for hypersonic testing, the Photon spacecraft platform, and the larger Neutron launch vehicle under development. The company also supplies key space systems such as solar power products, separation systems, reaction wheels, star trackers, and other mission-enabling hardware. Headquartered in Long Beach, California and founded in 2006, Rocket Lab plays a significant role in the space economy by supporting satellite deployment, spacecraft integration, and mission operations across a wide range of orbital and suborbital applications.
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