Vector Space Systems Will Launch Microsatellite Rockets from Florida

Irene Klotz Space.com Contributor
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Eyeing a projected boom in demand for microsatellites, startup Vector Space Systems on Saturday (March 25) unveiled plans to fly its small launch vehicle from a Florida-owned launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. "We need precisely what that one has," Vector co-founder and chief executive Jim Cantrell told Space.com. In the late 1990s, Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, took over Launch Complex 46 (LC 46) from the Air Force with plans to turn it into a multiuser pad for small launch vehicles.