Rocket Lab Signs $143M Satellite Bus Supply Contract

Rendering of Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite developed for NASA’s upcoming Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (Capstone) mission.
Credit: Rocket Lab
CAPE CANAVERAL—Rocket Lab will provide 17 spacecraft buses for a new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation owned and operated by Globalstar. The $143 million contract between Ontario-based MDA, which is Globalstar’s prime contractor on the project, and Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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