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  "id": 9111511,
  "title": "Rocket Lab Sold $1.9 Billion of New Stock to Pay for Iridium. Here's the Dilution Math.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/rocket-lab-sold-1-9-billion-of-new-stock-to-pay-for-iridium-heres-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T07:14:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/22/rocket-lab-sold-usd1-9-billion-of-new-stock-to-pay-for-iridium-here-s-the-dilution-math/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
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  "summary": "The space company sold about 5% of itself so it wouldn't have to borrow $3.6 billion. And the share count still isn't done growing.",
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        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Rocket Lab Sold $1.9 Billion of New Stock to Pay for Iridium. Here's the Dilution Math.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/rocket-lab-sold-1-9-billion-of-new-stock-to-pay-for-iridium-heres-the-9112488",
        "published": "2026-09-22T07:34:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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