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Varda will use the Koonibba Test Range as soon as its second mission, which is scheduled for mid-2024.
Varda Space Industries has not yet received a license for its first Part 450 reentry operation.
The U.S. Air Force operates the Utah Test and Training Range, which is the planned landing site for Varda’s capsule.
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 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 Space Industries launched its first spacecraft, W-Series 1, on the SpaceX Transporter-8 rideshare mission on 2024-06-12.
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 plans to launch its second Photon-based spacecraft on the Transporter-10 rideshare mission in late 2024 or early 2025.
Varda planned for a potential reentry of the 120-kilogram capsule in early to mid-August 2024 if licensing and coordination were completed.
Varda delayed the W-Series 1 capsule return while working with U.S. government partners on readiness for reentry.
Varda has partnered with DigiFarm to expand coverage of Global FieldID™ through ingestion of DigiFarm’s field boundaries.
Varda and DigiFarm plan to cover more than 175 million hectares through Global FieldID™, representing a total of 25 million mapped fields.
Varda CEO Davide Ceper supports partnering with DigiFarm based on shared values and a vision to create a common language for the agriculture industry to boost collaboration and sustainability.
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.
Rocket Lab developed, manufactured, and tested the Varda spacecraft at its Spacecraft Production Facility in Long Beach, California.
Varda Space Industries progressed from opening its office to its first flight in approximately two and a half years.