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After rockets and spacecraft, Rocket Lab’s next frontier could be applications


Rocket Lab is exploring possible applications for a satellite constellation that they would build, launch and operate in-house, similar to SpaceX’s

Rocket Lab is exploring possible applications for a satellite constellation that they would build, launch and operate in-house, similar to SpaceX’s Starlink business, as a way of generating recurring revenue, an executive said this week. Spice’s comments, made at the TD Cowen 45th Annual Aerospace & Defense Conference on February 14, show that the company is looking to vertically expand even further. Earlier this month, Rocket Lab announced it had closed a $355 million convertible note offering, and Spice said that the new funding will enable the company to “inorganically work our way into more payload capabilities.”

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