Vast Space will sell a 15 kW-class high-power satellite bus derived from technologies proven on its Haven-1 demonstrator and has already signed a customer for four satellites with options to buy up to 200 and a stated aim to launch at least 10 by the fourth quarter of 2027.
The Long Beach, California-based company, which is building the Haven-1 private space station, says each bus is about 3 meters long and 4 meters tall, masses 700 kg, carries at least 350 kg of payload, is designed for a five-year life from low-Earth to lunar orbit, and can optionally host an NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin Module while adding in-house electric propulsion and a deployable solar array.
"Every single successful space company is diversified in its products," said Max Haot, chief executive of Vast Space, in an interview.
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Vast positions the product against a market historically served by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Maxar, and Sierra Space but now attracting modular entrants such as K2 Space, Rocket Lab, True Anomaly, Blue Canyon, and Millennium Space Systems, and says it has invested $1 billion in manufacturing facilities and clean rooms to scale production.
Vast plans to continue developing the satellite-specific elements while progressing Haven-1, which it says is due to launch next year, ahead of its 2027 deployment goals.
