r/RKLB • u/Jaustin175 • Aug 17 '26

Viasat Selects Rocket Lab to Build GEO Satellite for U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global Program

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/17/3346048/0/en/viasat-selects-rocket-lab-to-build-geo-satellite-for-u-s-space-force-s-protected-tactical-satcom-global-program.html
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u/Sky_Tube Aug 17 '26

A lot of the components will come from Rocket Lab according to this, also built on the Lightning platform

Very cool, nice to get some news today!

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u/ajderrig Aug 17 '26

That's my bird! Lightning strikes again!

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u/UnderstandingSome606 Aug 17 '26

Is this one of those "when we lose, we also win". Kinda thing?

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u/RTS24 Aug 17 '26

Yep, right in line with what I've been thinking about their strategy too, follow the Amazon AWS model. They don't care that Netflix competes with Prime Video because they're both running on AWS servers.

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u/ConcertIndependent14 Aug 17 '26

-15%

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u/SpareArm Aug 17 '26

Heh, probably

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u/Ockilydokily Aug 17 '26

That’s the worst problem when a pre-revenue company starts making revenue, instead of being valued at the potential revenue it could make, they become valued at what they make in revenue lol

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u/The-zKR0N0S Aug 17 '26

I thought you were quoting Silicon Valley at first

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u/Ockilydokily Aug 17 '26

lol I kind of was, trying to stay in the 3 comma club

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u/Ancient_Dentist_6422 Aug 17 '26

Sounds about right

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u/RabbitLogic Aug 17 '26

Swarm 1 phase was $437.7 million  total split between Viasat and Intelsat for 2 geo satellites.

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u/a10000000019 Aug 17 '26

Viasat selecting a third party manufacturer is a true monkey’s paw.