Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it is boosting its U.S. investments to expand semiconductor manufacturing capacity and provide supply chain security for space-grade solar cells and electro-optical sensors for national security space missions.

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Rocket Lab (RKLB) announced it is boosting its U.S. investments to expand semiconductor manufacturing capacity and provide supply chain security

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at Monday’s grand opening of America’s first-ever National Semiconductor Technology Center at Albany Nanotech. (Photo provided)