Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock in Focus After Space Force DiskSat Launch, JAXA Tech Demo Mission, and New $805M SDA Award
Dec. 19, 2025 — Rocket Lab is ending the week at the center of both the space economy and Wall Street attention, after a rapid-fire stretch of mission milestones, fresh analyst optimism on industry consolidation, and a major U.S. defense procurement update that puts the company alongside the biggest aerospace primes. On Thursday, Rocket Lab shares surged at a double-digit clip after the company successfully executed the STP-S30 mission for the U.S. Space Force—five months ahead of schedule—deploying four experimental “DiskSat” spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The Motley Fool+1 Today, the Space Development Agency (SDA) added to that momentum by