Rocket Lab USA Inc

As of December 31, 2023, our principal facilities include our offices and production facility in Auckland, New Zealand, our offices and production facilities in Long Beach, California, our propulsion test center complex in Kopuku, New Zealand, our launch complexes in Mahia, New Zealand and Wallops Island, Virginia and our solar cell production facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We lease or have contractual rights to access, but do not own, these facilities.

Our lease for our main office space and production facilities in Auckland, New Zealand expires on April 30, 2028, and we have the option to renew the lease for four additional years thereafter. This facility is our main production facility for Electron. Our locations in Long Beach, California, includes office space and production facilities for certain components that we use in Electron. The two leases in Long Beach, California, one lease expires on June 30, 2027, and we have the option to extend the term of the lease for up to two additional periods of five years each thereafter and another lease that expires on June 30, 2025 that has an option to extend the term for five years.

We lease a propulsion test complex, which houses rocket engine testing facilities, in Kopuku, New Zealand. Our lease for this complex expires on November 15, 2029. We have the right to renew this lease agreement for four additional terms of five years each, followed by a fifth term of five years, less one day.

We also operate a launch complexes in Mahia, New Zealand and Wallops Island, Virginia. The current term of the lease agreement for our Mahia, New Zealand, launch complex expires on November 30, 2024. We have the right to renew our lease agreement for four additional terms of three years each. We have entered into an agreement providing us with rights to access the facilities, launch property and services at the Wallops Island, Virginia launch complex, which expires on September 28, 2028.

Our solar cell production activities are conducted out of our Albuquerque, New Mexico facility. From this location we conduct research and development and design and manufacturing of solar cell production. We conduct these operations at two nearby leased buildings comprising an approximately 160,000 square foot production and research and development complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We have a ground lease for one building that expires on September 18, 2050 and the lease on the second building that expires on May 31, 2042.

We lease a rocket engine testing complex, which houses operations for testing the Archimedes engine, at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Our lease for this complex expires on October 22, 2032. We have the option to renew this lease agreement for ten years, subject to terms contained in the lease.

We lease a dedicated production and development complex designed to deliver a comprehensive suite of advanced composite products for the space industry, in Middle River, Maryland. Our lease for this complex expires on March 31, 2034. We have the option to renew this lease agreement for two additional terms of five years each.