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Rocket Lab

US
commercialFounded 2006
www.rocketlabusa.com
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Rocket Lab’s spacecraft for Varda Space Industries is successfully operating in orbit after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2023Rocket Lab Spacecraft Built for Varda Space Industries Successfully Starts On Orbit Operations

Rocket Lab is leading the design and manufacture of 17 spacecraft buses for Globalstar under a $143,000,000 subcontract from MDA.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2023Rocket Lab Spacecraft Built for Varda Space Industries Successfully Starts On Orbit Operations

Rocket Lab’s spacecraft will provide power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control to Varda’s 120 kg capsule that will produce pharmaceutical products in microgravity and return them to Earth.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2023Rocket Lab Spacecraft Built for Varda Space Industries Successfully Starts On Orbit Operations

The Varda spacecraft incorporates Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured star trackers, a propulsion system, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductJun 14, 2023Rocket Lab Spacecraft Built for Varda Space Industries Successfully Starts On Orbit Operations

Rocket Lab developed, manufactured, and tested the Varda spacecraft at its Spacecraft Production Facility in Long Beach, California.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2023Rocket Lab Spacecraft Built for Varda Space Industries Successfully Starts On Orbit Operations

Rocket Lab’s spacecraft provides power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control to Varda’s 120 kg capsule that will produce pharmaceutical products in microgravity and return them to Earth.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2023Rocket Lab spacecraft built for Varda are successfully operating on-orbit

Rocket Lab developed, manufactured, and tested the Varda spacecraft at Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft Production Facility in Long Beach, California.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2023Rocket Lab spacecraft built for Varda are successfully operating on-orbit

Varda Space Industries launched its W-Series 1 spacecraft on Transporter-8, and Rocket Lab built the spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2023SpaceX launches eighth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission

Rocket Lab’s spacecraft built for Varda Space Industries is operating on-orbit after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-06-12 on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission at 14:35 PDT (21:35 UTC).

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2023Rocket Lab spacecraft built for Varda are successfully operating on-orbit

The Varda spacecraft incorporates Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured components and software including star trackers, propulsion system, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductJun 12, 2023Rocket Lab spacecraft built for Varda are successfully operating on-orbit

Rocket Lab is developing a growing list of complete satellites that includes a $143,000,000 subcontract from MDA to lead the design and manufacture of 17 spacecraft buses for Globalstar’s new LEO satellites.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2023Rocket Lab spacecraft built for Varda are successfully operating on-orbit

The Electron mission carrying LEO 3 is scheduled for lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand no earlier than 2023-07-01.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductJun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

Rocket Lab signed a deal to launch the LEO 3 satellite for Telesat on an Electron mission scheduled for 2023-07-01.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

SFL selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing to meet Telesat’s program requirements.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipJun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

Space Flight Laboratory selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing.

Mentioned as: rocket labOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. signed a deal to launch the LEO 3 satellite for Telesat on an Electron mission scheduled for 2023-07-01.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

The Electron mission carrying the LEO 3 satellite is scheduled for lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand no earlier than 2023-07-01.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabTechnical ProductMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

Rocket Lab won a contract on 2023-05-31 to launch LEO 3 on an Electron rocket in the third quarter of 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabOrg RelationshipMay 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. completed the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 29, 2023Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Second Batch of TROPICS Satellites for NASA

The 2023-05-26 'Coming To A Storm Near You' mission was Rocket Lab’s fifth mission of 2023 and the company’s 37th Electron mission overall.

Mentioned as: Rocket LabNarrative GeneralMay 29, 2023Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Second Batch of TROPICS Satellites for NASA
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