Vast<\/b>, a company known for developing the Haven commercial space stations, is now diversifying its business with a move into high-power satellite buses.<\/p>\n
Vast announced the expansion on Tuesday, along with an agreement with a confidential customer for four satellites. The deal could grow up to 200 additional satellites. The company is targeting a first launch in 2027, planning to launch 10 satellites at once. <\/p>\n
The product line is called Vast Satellite, and the first offering is a 15 Kw-class bus, which can support a variety of missions. Vast noted its building the business around products it has already developed for commercial space stations, including avionics, power, communications, propulsion, and flight software. <\/p>\n
Vast highlighted orbital data centers, AI edge compute, and autonomous operations as applications its buses could serve. To that end, it is offering the Nvidia Space-1 Vera Rubin module as an option for customers. This is an upcoming chip for space missions recently announced by Nvidia, which Cowboy Space has also announced plans to adopt. <\/p>\n
Vast CEO Max Haot noted the company brings together its engineering team, manufacturing capabilities, and the progress made by the Haven Demo that flew in 2025 and validated critical subsystems. <\/p>\n
\u201cCustomers can benefit from our experience designing, building, and operating flight-proven large-scale spacecraft while gaining access to highly capable, flexible spacecraft platforms backed by operational expertise,\u201d Haot commented in a release. <\/p>\n
The satellites are initially designed to fly in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), with Vast noting that other orbits are on the horizon. It is a flat panel structure for launch deployment, with a payload capacity of 350+ kilograms. It has the option to be equipped with X-band radio, third party laser communication terminals, and a software-defined radio platform. <\/p>\n
This expansion comes after earlier this year, Vast raised $300 million in Series A equity and $200 million in debt financing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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