Rocket Lab Unveils New High-Performance Star Tracker Optimized for Accuracy in Increased Radiation Environments
Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB)
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Source: GlobeNewswire
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced its next-generation High-Performance Star Tracker (ST-HP), designed to improve key performance metrics for longer duration spacecraft missions in low Earth orbit and beyond. The High-Performance Star Tracker combines enhanced resilience with a targeted pointing accuracy of better than 1 arcsecond, ideal for missions where radiation tolerance is critical. The ST-HP's greater than 50 kRad, board-level Total Irradiation Dose ensures sustained attitude determination performance, maintaining precise spacecraft pointing and payload stability over long-duration missions. Building on Rocket Lab’s proven star tracker heritage, with more than 185 units launched to date, the High-Performance Star Tracker combines flight-proven, in-house expertise with advanced radiation hardening. The result is a lo
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