Vector, Virgin and a mystery team will compete in DARPA’s $34M launch challenge
TechCrunch Industry News · TechCrunch
April 15, 20194m 23s
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Show Notes
DARPA wants to be able to launch anywhere, any time, and several times in a row. Is that too much to ask? Not for Vector Space, Virgin Orbit, and an unnamed startup that just qualified to take place in the agency’s Launch Challenge, which will push their responsive and mobile launch capabilities to the limit. In the challenge, the teams will be notified that they need to launch a payload to orbit from a given location only days beforehand.
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