Koonibba Test Range
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Varda Space Industries Makes History with the First Successful Commercial Space Reentry in Australia
Varda Space Industries, Inc., a microgravity-enabled life sciences company, today announced the successful landing of its second reentry capsule, W-2, and the completion of the company’s second mission. At 6:32 AM Pacific Time today, W-2 touched down at the Koonibba Test Range after six weeks in orbit. The W-2 capsule carried a spectrometer built by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and…
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Touchdown for In-Space Manufacturing Mission: Rocket Lab’s Pioneer Spacecraft Delivers Re-Entry for Varda’s In-Space Manufacturing Capsule in South Australia
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced its custom Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries (“Varda”), a leading orbital pharmaceuticals and hypersonic re-entry logistics company, successfully positioned Varda’s capsule for return to Earth at 1:52 pm UTC on February 27. The capsule landed at the Koonibba Test…
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