Rivada Contracts Terran Orbital to Build 300 Satellites

Rivada Space Networks GmbH has enlisted Terran Orbital, through its subsidiary Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, to manufacture 300 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites for its laser-connected “network in the sky” in a contract worth $2.4 billion. Per the contract, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems will design, build, and deploy 288 low-Earth-orbit satellites for Rivada, and it will also develop 12 “spare” satellites.