Space Data Centers Database

Rocket Lab, including acquired Mynaric optical terminals selected for the Hyperion pathfinder's optical relay and inter-satellite communications demonstrations.

KSAT describes planned terminal carriage and demonstrations. Contract value, terminal quantity and in-orbit service are not established.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services).

Evidence checked 20 Oct 2026.

Dedicated Electron launch of QPS-SAR12 hosting D-OBEC, identified as the fourth launch under iQPS’s eight-satellite launch agreement announced February 28, 2025. The launch was delivered August 5, 2025.

This row covers the named D-OBEC host launch only. No price is disclosed, and the remaining contracted spacecraft do not become D-OBEC compute nodes. August 1 is the mission-allocation publication date, not contract signing date.

Disclosed buyer: Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS).

Associated organization: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

Dedicated Neutron launch for Kepler's next-generation network expansion, no earlier than 2028.

Price, spacecraft count and full legal terms are undisclosed. Separate from the ten-spacecraft Maverick/Portal allocation.

Disclosed buyer: Kepler Communications.

Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026.

Twenty additional dedicated Electron launches for Synspective StriX SAR constellation expansion, with missions scheduled from 2028 through 2031.

October 1 is the customer announcement date, not a disclosed contract-signing date. Rocket Lab issued its corresponding original announcement on September 30, 2026. The signed agreement is achieved; the twenty launches remain future missions during 2028–2031. Contract value is undisclosed. The total of 47 contracted launches and 34 unflown includes previous agreements and must not be treated as the quantity of this new award. Preserve earlier ten-launch or other awards as separate agreements.

Disclosed buyer: Synspective.

Associated organization: Synspective.

Evidence checked 11 Oct 2026.

Electron launch service delivering Synspective’s thirteenth StriX SAR satellite on September 26, 2026 from Launch Complex 1, New Zealand.

Completed launch-service delivery, not a newly disclosed procurement contract. Price and signing date are undisclosed. Satellite testing and commissioning were still planned before service entry.

Disclosed buyer: Synspective.

Evidence checked 11 Oct 2026.

Electron launch service delivering Synspective’s twelfth StriX SAR satellite on September 19 2026 from Launch Complex 1, New Zealand.

Completed launch-service delivery, not a newly disclosed procurement contract. Price and signing date are undisclosed. Satellite testing and commissioning were still planned.

Disclosed buyer: Synspective.

Evidence checked 11 Oct 2026.

Complementary Space Data Network integration agreement package: a fixed-priced contract to prototype and demonstrate multi-vendor interconnectivity, plus an OTA agreement supporting a Space Exchange Point system. Includes design, testing and demonstration for satellite interoperability and ground-to-space data transport.

One aggregate record represents the explicitly disclosed two-instrument package, not one $12 million individual contract. No allocation between the fixed-priced contract and OTA is disclosed. SSC is the named government consortium participant; the source does not identify the legal buyer of each instrument, so buyer_id is null. Photon orbital demonstration is expected in 2027 and remains planned; no completed test, operational data backbone, throughput, compute capacity or separate launch order is asserted.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command.

USD 12,000,000. Company-announced combined value of a fixed-priced contract and an OTA agreement; no per-instrument allocation disclosed.

Evidence checked 12 Oct 2026.