On July 31, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. rose 5.04% in pre-market trading, trading at $67.93/share, with turnover of approximately $7.99 million.

On the news front, Rocket Lab announced a three-launch agreement with Japan-based iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space) for dedicated missions on its partially reusable Electron rocket. This marks iQPS's third booking of Electron launches in under a year, bringing total booked launches to 18, with missions scheduled to begin from late 2027 at Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1.

The deal adds to recent contract momentum following the company's largest launch order to date — a $266 million multi-launch contract from the US Space Force covering 12 HASTE suborbital launches with options for up to six additional missions. The first launch under the Space Force contract is expected no earlier than late this year, with work conducted at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska.

The stock had previously declined over 10% across two consecutive sessions due to CEO Peter Beck's large-scale share disposals of approximately 2.8 million shares under a 10b5-1 plan, with an additional 5 million shares slated for sale. The stacking of multiple contract wins is driving a continued rebound from those losses.

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