Rocket Lab Provides Opportunity for Retail Shareholders to Attend the Opening Event of the Neutron Launch Site In Virginia

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced an exclusive opportunity for a limited number of retail shareholders to attend the highly-anticipated official opening of Launch Complex 3 (LC-3) on Wallops Island, Virginia - the Company’s launch site for its new medium-lift reusable Neutron rocket.

The official opening of LC-3 on August 28, 2025 represents a bold step forward in delivering reliable, responsive launch capabilities from U.S. soil with Neutron, strengthening the nation’s leadership in space while creating new opportunities for innovation and growth in the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond. This event will celebrate the launch site’s importance to regional growth and economic prosperity, national security, and Virginia’s increasing role and capabilities in the aerospace industry.

Rocket Lab is offering shareholders the chance to attend the invite-only event by completing an entry form located here between 4:20 pm ET on August 7, 2025 and 5:00 pm ET on August 15, 2025. To be eligible to enter, interested shareholders must be at least 18 years old and U.S. citizens. Rocket Lab will randomly select ten (10) entrants who meet the necessary requirements to attend this event.

Selected shareholders will be contacted directly with further details about the event after the sweepstakes concludes at 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, August 15, 2025. No purchase is necessary to enter or win the sweepstakes or to claim a prize. The sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law. Full official rules for the sweepstakes can be found here.

Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, says: "Completing Launch Complex 3 is a major achievement on the path to Neutron’s first launch that brings us a step closer to delivering a cost-effective, reliable, and responsive alternative in medium-lift launch for the nation. The support of our shareholders along the journey has always been deeply appreciated, and I’m looking forward to being able to share the excitement with as many as we can at Launch Complex 3’s official opening in just a few weeks’ time.”

Interested shareholders can apply to enter the draw to attend the Launch Complex 3 opening event on Wallops Island, Virginia, at this link: https://rocketlabcorp.com/rocket-lab-shareholders-sweepstakes

Note: The prize does not include transportation to the event, or lodging, or any other expenses that may be incurred by the winners in attending the event. The selected shareholders are solely responsible for all such costs and expenses. Individuals should only enter if they are willing to incur these costs and expenses.

About Rocket Lab

Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with an established track record of mission success. We deliver reliable launch services, satellite manufacture, spacecraft components, and on-orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier, and more affordable to access space. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron small orbital launch vehicle, a family of flight proven spacecraft, and the Company is developing the large Neutron launch vehicle for constellation deployment. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered 190+ satellites to orbit for private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab’s family of spacecraft have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia. To learn more, visit www.rocketlabcorp.com.

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