• Rocket Lab won a USD 90 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to build, integrate, operate two geostationary satellites carrying the Heimdall space domain awareness payload.
• Work covers spacecraft design and manufacturing, payload integration, launch integration on a government-furnished launch vehicle, commissioning, on-orbit operations for up to five years.
• The satellites will use Rocket Lab’s Lightning bus adapted for geostationary orbit, marking its first satellite production program for GEO.
• The award moves the Heimdall effort from payload prototyping to operational satellite delivery following Rocket Lab’s 2025 acquisition of GEOST, now Rocket Lab Optical Systems.

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