Vector Launch, formerly Vector Space Systems, was a startup American space technology company that aimed to provide low-cost launch services for suborbital and orbital payloads, specifically for the small satellite market. Though they went bankrupt in 2019 and re-emerged in 2020, they ultimately ceased operations in January 2021. Their primary products were the Vector-R and Vector-H launch vehicles, and they had partnered with companies like Ursa Major Technologies. Associated keywords: launch provider, small satellites, Vector-R, Vector-H.
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Approximately 80% of the assets acquired from Vector Launch will help accelerate development of Phantom Space’s Daytona rocket.
The successful completion of acceptance testing is a major milestone for Vector Launch.
Ursa Major is confident that its engines will perform within mission specifications for the Vector Launch national security mission.
Ursa Major completed acceptance testing of three Hadley 1st Stage engines for Vector Launch’s upcoming National Security Mission.
Vector Launch's upcoming national security mission will rely on Ursa Major’s engines.
Vector Launch was awarded a U.S. national security contract that Ursa Major will support with propulsion supply.
Ursa Major agreed with Vector Launch to supply several 5,000-pound-thrust Hadley engines to power the main stage of Vector-R launch vehicles to demonstrate capabilities for future missions.
Aevum received a $4.9 million contract for the ASLON-45 mission after it was reassigned from Vector Launch.
Aevum’s contract for the ASLON-45 mission is $1,500,000 higher than the contract that had been awarded to Vector Launch.
The Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON)-45 mission had been originally awarded to Vector Launch on 2019-08-07.
Under the contract, Vector Launch will provide all required dispensers and perform all payload integration and launch operations for ASLON-45.
Vector Launch received a $3,400,000 contract from the Air Force Rocket Systems Launch Program office to lift experimental satellites to low Earth orbit.
As of 2019-04-09, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had awarded Vector Launch 12 patents related to GalacticSky and one patent for its rocket engine.
Vector Launch is developing Vector-R as its first launch vehicle with a first flight scheduled for 2019.
Before joining Vector Launch, Shaun Coleman founded three startups including CloudVolumes, a software company acquired by VMware in 2014.
Vector Launch plans to launch its first GalacticSky prototype later 2019.
Vector Launch raised $70,000,000 in an October Series B funding round led by Kodem Growth Partners in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners.