Rocket Lab Moves Into Missile Defense With SDA Tranche 3 Award

Rocket Lab Lightning spacecraft

Artistic rendering of Rocket Lab's Tranche 3 Tracking Layer satellite for the Space Development Agency.

Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is making its missile defense development debut as the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded the company one of four contracts for the next phase of its Tracking Layer, for satellites due to launch in 2029. SDA awarded contracts worth a cumulative $3.5 billion to L3Harris...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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