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Rocket Lab wins $14m satellite separation contracts

November 11, 2022

Via: Electronics Weekly

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The two contracts will see the space launch services company supply 80 Lightband Separation Systems (Lightbands) to the manufacturers of the satellites, one of which is Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor involved.

These Lightbands are separation systems that are used to attach satellites to rockets and release them in space once the rocket reaches its intended orbit.

They have previously been used on NASA International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions, for example.

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