Rocket Lab Stock News: $3.5B Missile-Tracking Satellite Awards, Golden Dome Momentum, and What’s Next for RKLB After a Breakout 2025
Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 2025) comes with quiet markets—but not a quiet news cycle for the space-and-defense trade. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is ending 2025 as one of the most closely watched U.S. space names after a sharp late-December rally tied to a major Space Development Agency (SDA) satellite award, a new White House space-policy push, and a year-ending launch record that strengthened the company’s execution narrative. Barron’s At the center of the latest momentum is the U.S. Space Force’s SDA ordering a new wave of missile-warning and missile-tracking satellites—work that’s increasingly framed as foundational for the Trump administration’s broader