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Iridium Communications has completed its takeover of Aireon, bringing the aircraft-tracking venture fully in-house ahead of the satellite operator's planned $8 billion sale to Rocket Lab.
"You look at things like Golden Dome. There were a couple of capability gates there where you had to demonstrate capability by deadlines in order to be eligible to continue to compete," Brian Rogers, Rocket Lab's VP of launch, told Payload. "The constraints around launch can pick winners and losers there if you don't have a way to get to space by a deadline."
Rocket Lab's innovative "Hungry Hippo" fairings for the Neutron rocket have arrived at Wallops Island,... The post Hungry Hippos and Test Tanks - Rocket Lab building towards Neutron appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .