In the Spotlight
VPT is powering the world’s most advanced military and aerospace programs.
Following are just a few of the programs currently relying on VPT.
SpaceIL’s Lunar Lander Begins its Historic Moon Mission
March 1 2019 – Israel’s SpaceIL recently launched its lunar lander, Beresheet, from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on the… Read more
Aireon Announces Successful Deployment of Iridium NEXT
January 15, 2019 – Aireon announced that the Iridium NEXT constellation hosting its space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is now… Read more
New Horizons Completes Most Distant Flyby in History
January 2, 2019 – NASA space probe New Horizons completed the most distant flyby in history on New Year’s Day,… Read more
SM-3 Block IIA Successfully Destroys Ballistic Missile Target
December 13, 2018— The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully tested a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IIA – a ballistic… Read more
NASA’s InSight Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Mars
November 27, 2018 – NASA has made another successful landing on Mars after their InSight lander reached the planet’s surface… Read more
First Space Junk Removal Satellite Deployed from ISS
June 25, 2018 — The first satellite with space debris-removal capabilities was launched from the International Space Station last week. … Read more
New Horizons Emerges from Hibernation to Prepare for Historic Flyby
June 11, 2018 — The New Horizons space probe has awoken from a six-month hibernation in preparation for its New… Read more
