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Rocket Lab News 20 December 2025 - 1 January 2026

Rocket Lab stock today: RKLB ends 2025 lower as New Year’s Day shuts markets; what investors watch next

Rocket Lab stock today: RKLB ends 2025 lower as New Year’s Day shuts markets; what investors watch next

Rocket Lab shares closed down 0.98% at $69.76 on Dec. 31 as U.S. markets shut for New Year’s Day. Director Edward H. Frank sold 2,500 shares and gifted 5,000 in late December, according to an SEC filing. The company recently won an $816 million U.S. defense satellite contract. Investors are watching January data and the next earnings update.
1 January 2026
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock: Weekend Watch After Friday Pullback, Insider Sales Disclosures, and Fresh Analyst Targets Ahead of Monday

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock: Weekend Watch After Friday Pullback, Insider Sales Disclosures, and Fresh Analyst Targets Ahead of Monday

Rocket Lab shares fell 8.46% Friday to $70.65, capping a volatile session after recent record highs driven by an $816 million U.S. Space Force satellite contract. Trading volume reached 23 million shares. The decline came amid thin post-holiday trading and profit-taking. The awarded contract covers 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency, with launches expected in 2029.
28 December 2025
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Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Weekend Update: Shares Cool After a Record Run as Analysts Lift Targets on $816M Space Force Contract

Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Weekend Update: Shares Cool After a Record Run as Analysts Lift Targets on $816M Space Force Contract

Rocket Lab shares closed Friday at $70.65, down 8.46% after a volatile session, following a surge to a $79.83 high earlier in December. The drop came days after Rocket Lab disclosed an $816 million U.S. Space Development Agency contract to build 18 satellites for missile warning and tracking, with final delivery expected in 2029. The company completed 21 launches in 2025, all successful.
28 December 2025
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Rocket Lab Corporation Stock (RKLB) Weekend Update: Why Shares Slid, What Analysts Forecast, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Rocket Lab Corporation Stock (RKLB) Weekend Update: Why Shares Slid, What Analysts Forecast, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Rocket Lab shares fell 8.46% to $70.65 Friday, capping a volatile week after hitting a record high of $79.83 earlier in the year. The drop came amid light post-holiday trading and no new negative company news, with analysts citing profit-taking and a sector cooldown. In after-hours trading, shares hovered near $70.26. Investors will watch Monday’s session for signs of stabilization.
28 December 2025
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Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Pulls Back After a Breakout Week: What Friday’s Selloff Means, Fresh Analysis, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Pulls Back After a Breakout Week: What Friday’s Selloff Means, Fresh Analysis, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Rocket Lab shares fell 8.46% to $70.65 Friday amid thin post-holiday trading and profit-taking, with volume well below average. The drop followed a strong run fueled by its $816 million U.S. Space Development Agency contract for 18 satellites, which remains the company’s main catalyst. No major new headlines drove the decline.
28 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock: Space Force Contract, Launch Record, Neutron Timeline and Analyst Forecasts Ahead of Monday’s Market Open

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock: Space Force Contract, Launch Record, Neutron Timeline and Analyst Forecasts Ahead of Monday’s Market Open

Rocket Lab closed Friday at $70.65 after a volatile week, following news of an $816 million U.S. Space Development Agency contract to build 18 missile-tracking satellites. Shares had traded as high as $76.99 during the week. The SDA contract is part of a $3.5 billion program involving four companies, with launches set for 2029. Rocket Lab highlighted its Phoenix infrared sensors and StarLite protection systems in the deal.
27 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Today: Midday Pullback as Investors Digest a Landmark $816M Space Force Contract and a Record 2025 Launch Year

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Today: Midday Pullback as Investors Digest a Landmark $816M Space Force Contract and a Record 2025 Launch Year

Rocket Lab shares fell about 6% to the low-$70s by midday Friday in New York, following a record run earlier in December. The drop comes after the company secured an $816 million U.S. Space Development Agency contract to build 18 missile-tracking satellites. Trading volume was light, amplifying price swings.
26 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock After Hours Today (Dec. 24, 2025): Late-Session Lift, Contract-Driven Momentum, and What to Watch Before the Next Open

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock After Hours Today (Dec. 24, 2025): Late-Session Lift, Contract-Driven Momentum, and What to Watch Before the Next Open

Rocket Lab closed at $77.18 on Dec. 24 after trading between $74.80 and $79.83 in a volatile, holiday-shortened session. After-hours, the stock was indicated at $77.80, up 0.80%. Trading volume reached about 16.6 million shares. The company recently secured an $816 million contract from the Space Development Agency to build 18 satellites.
24 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock News Today: $816M Space Force Contract, Needham Raises Price Target to $90, and 2026 Forecasts

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock News Today: $816M Space Force Contract, Needham Raises Price Target to $90, and 2026 Forecasts

December 24, 2025 — Rocket Lab Corporation stock (NASDAQ: RKLB) is spending Christmas Eve doing what overheated momentum names often do: pausing and digesting. After a blistering December rally fueled by defense-contract news and a record-setting launch cadence, RKLB shares traded in the mid-$70s in the shortened U.S. session, slipping modestly as investors weigh how much of 2026’s growth is already priced in. MarketBeat+1 Even with the day’s softer tape, Rocket Lab stock remains one of the market’s most watched space-sector stories into year-end. Analysts and investors are now trying to answer a more complicated question than “what happened?”—namely: what
24 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock After Hours Today, Dec. 23, 2025: Latest Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Know Before the Market Opens Dec. 24

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock After Hours Today, Dec. 23, 2025: Latest Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Know Before the Market Opens Dec. 24

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ: RKLB) finished Tuesday’s session (December 23, 2025) near its recent highs after a volatile holiday-week day of trading — and the stock is slightly lower in after-hours trading as investors digest a rapid run-up fueled by fresh defense-contract headlines and a wave of bullish analyst updates. Below is what’s moving Rocket Lab stock after the bell today (23.12.2025) and what matters most before U.S. markets open tomorrow (Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025). Rocket Lab stock price after hours: where RKLB stands tonight Rocket Lab shares closed at $77.18 on Tuesday. Google In the first stretch of extended
23 December 2025
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Rocket Lab Stock Jumps as $816M Space Force Satellite Deal, Record 2025 Electron Launches, and Wall Street Upgrades Fuel 2026 Neutron Hopes

Rocket Lab Stock Jumps as $816M Space Force Satellite Deal, Record 2025 Electron Launches, and Wall Street Upgrades Fuel 2026 Neutron Hopes

December 23, 2025 — Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is ending 2025 with a rare combination that markets love: a marquee U.S. national security contract, a record-setting launch cadence with a spotless success rate, and a wave of analyst upgrades that are reframing the company as more than a “small rocket” story. After a sharp multi-day rally, shares have been hovering around the high-$70s range this week—near a 52-week high—while headlines across financial media describe the move as everything from a “surge” to a “100% soar.” Investing.com+2Yahoo Finance+2 What’s driving the momentum isn’t a single catalyst. It’s a stack of developments—spanning
23 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock: Space Force Satellite Deal, Record Electron Launches, Neutron Timeline, and Wall Street Forecasts Ahead of the Dec. 22, 2025 Market Open

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock: Space Force Satellite Deal, Record Electron Launches, Neutron Timeline, and Wall Street Forecasts Ahead of the Dec. 22, 2025 Market Open

Ahead of the U.S. stock market open on Monday, December 22, 2025, Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) is back in the spotlight after a cluster of news catalysts that hit within days: a landmark U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) award tied to missile warning satellites, a high-tempo stretch of launches for national security customers, and fresh focus on the company’s next major growth step—Neutron, its reusable medium-lift rocket. What matters now for investors is separating headline-driven momentum from the operational and financial realities that will determine whether Rocket Lab can “grow into” its valuation through 2026 and beyond—especially in a
22 December 2025
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Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Hits Record Close After $816M Space Force Deal as Electron Wraps 2025 With 21 Successful Launches

Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Hits Record Close After $816M Space Force Deal as Electron Wraps 2025 With 21 Successful Launches

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock is back in the spotlight as of Sunday, December 21, 2025, following a rapid-fire stretch of catalysts that tied together two things Wall Street loves: defense dollars and operational execution. The company’s shares surged to a record close of $70.52 on Friday, December 19, after news of its largest contract to date, and Rocket Lab then capped the weekend with an announcement that Electron finished 2025 with 21 launches and a 100% mission success rate. MarketWatch+1 The result is a stock story with multiple layers: a major government satellite award, proof-of-pace in launch cadence,
21 December 2025
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Rocket Lab Stock After Hours (RKLB): $816M Space Force Satellite Deal Fuels a Friday Surge — What to Know Before the Next Market Open

Rocket Lab Stock After Hours (RKLB): $816M Space Force Satellite Deal Fuels a Friday Surge — What to Know Before the Next Market Open

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ: RKLB) ended Friday, December 19, 2025, with one of its biggest single-day moves of the year — and the buying didn’t fully stop when the closing bell rang. Shares closed at $70.52, up $10.60 (+17.69%), and then climbed further in after-hours trading as investors digested Rocket Lab’s newly announced $816 million prime contract tied to U.S. missile-warning and tracking satellites. MarketWatch+2MarketWatch+2 One important calendar note: U.S. markets are closed on Saturday and Sunday, so “tomorrow” (Dec. 20) isn’t a trading session. The next U.S. market open is Monday, December 22, 2025 — and that’s when we’ll
20 December 2025
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Thermo Fisher stock holds near $543 after Thursday slide as traders size up layoffs notice, data week ahead

Thermo Fisher stock holds near $543 after Thursday slide as traders size up layoffs notice, data week ahead

8 February 2026
cNew York, Feb 7, 2026, 17:29 EST — Market closed. Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO.N) shares ended Friday, Feb. 6, at $542.83, steady on the day after a roughly 4% drop in the prior session. With U.S. markets shut on Saturday, traders head into Monday looking for signs the selloff has run its course. (Thermo Fisher Scientific) The stock has been jumpy because the company sits at the intersection of two messy lines: research spending that can disappear fast, and drugmakers’ demand for tools and services that tends to hold up. That split matters now because the next leg, up or
Disney stock ends week higher after Friday bounce — what to watch for DIS next week

Disney stock ends week higher after Friday bounce — what to watch for DIS next week

7 February 2026
Disney shares closed up 3.6% at $108.70 Friday, recovering from earlier losses as U.S. stocks rallied and the Dow topped 50,000. Investors are watching Super Bowl streaming economics and Disney’s CEO transition, with Josh D’Amaro set to take over at the March 18 meeting. Disney reported quarterly revenue of $25.98 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.63, while segment operating income fell 9% to $4.6 billion.
Novo Nordisk stock: Class B shares face Monday test after FDA squeeze forces Hims to pull $49 Wegovy copycat

Novo Nordisk stock: Class B shares face Monday test after FDA squeeze forces Hims to pull $49 Wegovy copycat

7 February 2026
Novo Nordisk Class B shares closed up 5.3% at 295.50 Danish crowns in Copenhagen after Hims & Hers said it would stop offering a compounded pill version of Wegovy following U.S. regulatory warnings. The move came after Novo called the Hims product “illegal mass compounding” and threatened legal action. Shares had fallen nearly 8% Thursday after Hims launched the pill. Trading resumes Monday.
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