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Varda’s W-1 capsule reentered Earth’s atmosphere at 18,0 m per hour before deploying a parachute to a precise landing site.
Varda’s next mission, W-2, is scheduled for early 2025 and is designed to showcase the Varda Hypersonic Testbed vehicle.
Varda Space Industries secured a $48,000,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test military payloads on Varda’s reentry capsules.
Varda Space Industries developed a factory-in-orbit spacecraft that is a compact, 120-kilogram satellite engineered to produce high-value materials such as pharmaceuticals in microgravity.
Varda’s factory-in-orbit spacecraft returns produced materials to Earth in a capsule that uses advanced thermal protection materials developed through a NASA partnership to withstand reentry.
The four-year deal with the Air Force Research Laboratory, dated 2024-11-26, leverages Varda’s W-Series reentry capsules as platforms to test payloads at hypersonic speeds.
Varda complied with all requirements in place to launch W-1 and its flight-proven reentry system safely and successfully landed at the Utah Test and Training Range after receiving a license.
Varda Space Industries launched its first spacecraft in June 2023 and did not obtain a reentry license for that spacecraft until February after months of effort and an earlier, rejected reentry license application.
Varda opened its office in 2021.
Varda has raised $145,000,000 in total funding to date.
Varda completed a $90,000,000 Series B funding round led by Caffeinated Capital with participation from Lux Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, and Khosla Ventures.
Varda Space Industries has raised $145,000,000 in funding to date.
Varda’s next mission is scheduled to launch this summer using Varda’s capsule and a spacecraft bus built by Rocket Lab.
Varda Space Industries raised $90,000,000 in a Series B round led by venture firm Caffeinated Capital.
Varda Space Industries, Inc., of El Segundo, California was awarded a contract to provide flight and payload integration services.
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Varda Space Industries, and World View Enterprises have also been awarded contracts.
Varda Space Industries, Inc., of El Segundo, California was awarded a contract to provide services through demonstrated commercial capabilities.
Pioneer is a highly configurable medium delta-V platform designed to support payloads up to 120 kg and unique mission profiles including re-entry missions for Varda Space Industries.
Pioneer is a highly configurable medium delta-V platform designed to support payloads up to 120 kg and unique mission profiles, including re-entry missions for Varda Space Industries.
Deploying Varda’s capsule on a hypersonic reentry trajectory to land within the mission’s landing zone at the UTTR required pinpoint accuracy with a margin of error of less than 0.05%.