| Specification | Value | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Integration | Incorporated in all Photon spacecraft | |
| Manufacturer | Rocket Lab |
| Target Market | Constellation customers |
| Customer Count | Enabled over 530 customers' spacecraft |
| Acquisition Origin | Acquired from Sinclair Interplanetary in April 2020 |
| Production Facility | Sinclair by Rocket Lab |
| Annual Production Capacity | Up to 2,000 reaction wheels per year |
| Pre Acquisition Production Rate | 100-150 reaction wheels per year |
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“As of January 15, 2025, Rocket Lab's reaction wheels had enabled over 530 customers' spacecraft to maintain precise alignment in space.”
25a83890-a577-4a89-8e34-a408e87fbed8“As of November 19, 2024, Rocket Lab ships pallets of reaction wheels to constellation customers.”
816d5a42-5c40-4194-9c9e-e2c377be0734“All Photon spacecraft incorporate Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured components and software including star trackers, propulsion, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.”
a23e5eae-03e4-43ca-92f0-41cb79e179b8“The ST-16HV will be manufactured at the Sinclair by Rocket Lab facility where Rocket Lab already mass produces reaction wheels.”
c93380fa-e760-42fa-acb2-d22218fab4a5“The ST-16HV will be manufactured at the Sinclair by Rocket Lab facility where Rocket Lab already mass produces reaction wheels.”
a23ea1aa-2720-4142-a567-b86c72757e4c“Rocket Lab’s Space Systems Division mass produces reaction wheels at the Sinclair by Rocket Lab facility.”
faa81415-c485-4558-8a51-1e2785a8995b“Rocket Lab began offering reaction wheels after acquiring Sinclair Interplanetary in April 2020.”
“Sinclair Interplanetary produced between 100 and 150 reaction wheels per year before its acquisition by Rocket Lab.”
“Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is constructing a new production facility capable of supplying as many as 2,000 reaction wheels per year.”
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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.
The ST-16HV will be manufactured at the Sinclair by Rocket Lab facility where Rocket Lab already mass produces reaction wheels.
Rocket Lab's Photon spacecraft designed for Varda incorporate Rocket Lab-designed radios, reaction wheels, and star trackers and perform multiple burns with the 3D-printed Curie engine to place Varda's re-entry capsule on a return trajectory.
All Photon spacecraft incorporate Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured components and software including star trackers, propulsion, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.
The Varda spacecraft incorporates Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured star trackers, propulsion system, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.
Rocket Lab began offering reaction wheels after acquiring Sinclair Interplanetary in April 2020.
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.
As of November 19, 2024, Rocket Lab ships pallets of reaction wheels to constellation customers.
All Photon spacecraft incorporate Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured components and software including star trackers, propulsion, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.
All Photon spacecraft incorporate Rocket Lab-designed and manufactured components and software including star trackers, propulsion, reaction wheels, solar panels, flight software, radios, composite structures and tanks, and separation systems.
As of January 15, 2025, Rocket Lab's reaction wheels had enabled over 530 customers' spacecraft to maintain precise alignment in space.
Blue Canyon Technologies' standard ADCS solutions include star trackers, reaction wheels, torque rods, and coarse sun sensors.
VIBES Pioneer from Hochschule Bremen is a 3U CubeSat hosting an optical payload with a disturbance measurement and management system that logs reaction-wheel-induced perturbations with accelerometers.
AAC Clyde Space won a USD 0.59 million (approximately SEK 6.1 million) order for reaction wheels.
Sinclair Interplanetary produced between 100 and 150 reaction wheels per year before its acquisition by Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab will manufacture the satellite buses and will use solar panels, structures, reaction wheels, and software from companies it acquired in the last two years.
All 18 T2TL-B satellites will integrate subsystems and components built in-house by Rocket Lab, including solar panels, structures, star trackers, reaction wheels, radio, flight software, and avionics.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is constructing a new production facility capable of supplying as many as 2,000 reaction wheels per year.
Rocket Lab’s Space Systems Division mass produces reaction wheels at the Sinclair by Rocket Lab facility.
The ST-16HV will be manufactured at the Sinclair by Rocket Lab facility where Rocket Lab already mass produces reaction wheels.