Varda Space Industries is an American space research company that focuses on in-space manufacturing and hypersonic Earth re-entry logistics. They design, build, and fly spacecraft to process pharmaceuticals in microgravity, returning the products to Earth via their W-Series re-entry capsules. Varda partners with organizations like Rocket Lab, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA, and SSPC Research Ireland, and utilizes launch services from SpaceX.
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Southern Launch signed an agreement on 2023-10-19 with Varda Space Industries to host landings of Varda capsules at the Koonibba Test Range.
Varda Space Industries has not yet received a license for its first Part 450 reentry operation.
Varda will use the Koonibba Test Range as soon as its second mission, which is scheduled for mid-2024.
The U.S. Air Force operates the Utah Test and Training Range, which is the planned landing site for Varda’s capsule.
Varda launched its first spacecraft, W-Series 1, on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 rideshare mission in June.
Varda is the first company to seek an FAA reentry license under the new Part 450 regulations.
Varda Space Industries is developing a series of spacecraft intended to test in-space manufacturing technologies with an initial focus on pharmaceuticals.
Varda Space Industries will use the Koonibba Test Range to conduct a re-entry operation as soon as its second orbital mission, which is scheduled for mid-2024.
U.S.-based Varda Space Industries will use the Koonibba Test Range to conduct a re-entry operation as soon as its second orbital mission, which is scheduled for mid-2024.
Varda Space Industries of El Segundo, California received $1,900,000 from NASA for conformal phenolic impregnated carbon ablator technology transfer and commercial production.
Varda plans to launch its second Photon-based spacecraft on the Transporter-10 rideshare mission in late 2024 or early 2025.
Varda Space Industries launched its first spacecraft, W-Series 1, on the SpaceX Transporter-8 rideshare mission on 2024-06-12.
Varda planned for a potential reentry of the 120-kilogram capsule in early to mid-August 2024 if licensing and coordination were completed.
Varda planned for the W-Series 1 reentry capsule to return as soon as 2024-07-17 before delaying the return on 2024-07-20.
Varda is developing a second spacecraft to be manufactured by Rocket Lab using the Photon bus.
Varda Space Industries received a $1,900,000 Tipping Point award to mature technologies used as a heat shield on its reentry capsules.
Varda is the first company to seek a reentry license under the FAA’s Part 450 regulations.
Varda delayed the W-Series 1 capsule return while working with U.S. government partners on readiness for reentry.
Varda and DigiFarm plan to cover more than 175 million hectares through Global FieldID™, representing a total of 25 million mapped fields.
Varda has partnered with DigiFarm to expand coverage of Global FieldID™ through ingestion of DigiFarm’s field boundaries.