Rocket Lab Signs Exclusive License Agreement with Johns Hopkins University APL

Nov 18th, 2021Partnership
  • Rocket Lab enters exclusive license agreement with Johns Hopkins University APL for small spacecraft telemetry and control radio technology

  • Frontier-S by Rocket Lab enables affordable communications and radio navigation for missions in deep space and GPS-denied environments

  • Frontier-S SDR includes extended functionality like coherent transponder and timekeeping functions, suitable for small spacecraft as small as 6U cubesats

  • APL-designed Frontier-S radios are already flying on Rocket Lab missions and planned for future missions to moon and Venus

  • Rocket Lab to offer Frontier-S SDR commercially for other satellite integrators, expanding its space systems portfolio

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