ESA Awards Nanosatellite Contract to Terran Orbital

Will Conduct a Proximity Operations and In-Orbit Servicing Mission

Artists rendering of ESA Space Rider

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a $4.7 million contract to wholly-owned Terran Orbital international subsidiary Tyvak International for a proximity operations and in-orbit servicing mission that will deploy a nanosatellite spacecraft from Space Rider, the European uncrewed robotic laboratory.

“Using space t…