Built for orbital material production and reentry
Varda is designing and building the infrastructure needed to make low Earth orbit accessible to multiple industries, from in-orbit production equipment to reliable and economical reentry capsules.
Frequent, reliable, and economical reentry and orbital processing
Reusable rockets have increased cost-effective access to space. Now, humans can expand and commercialize decades of materials research conducted on the International Space Station and other space habitats to benefit people on Earth. The W-Series is the first-ever commercial satellite and reentry vehicle built specifically for the return of materials from orbit.
Free-flying orbital production satellites with reentry capability
Varda’s W-Series spacecraft is a free flyer—it’s self-sustaining, fully independent of other space stations, and capable of safely bringing materials back to Earth.
With the W-Series capsules, Varda has built a scalable microgravity formulation platform. The reentry capsule completes the logistics chain, allowing orbital materials an inexpensive ride back to Earth while operating as frequent flights to enable continued research.
Microgravity, on your timeline
No need to wait years to run an experiment in space.
Access the conditions needed to study the behavior of matter beyond Earth's pull, without the wait.
Our orbital platform supports microgravity experiments in fluid dynamics, crystallization, combustion, and thermal transport, with fast return and customizable setups for deep scientific discovery.
Varda Missions
Growing the orbital economy depends on high-cadence reentry of materials from orbit. At Varda we want to make reentry as common as launch, and shipments from space as common as shipments from anywhere else.
Commercial launch
Varda’s capsules are launched into orbit aboard commercial launch vehicles with dedicated options available.
Orbital processing
Once in orbit, Varda’s pharmaceutical processing equipment gets to work, heating, mixing, cooling, and performing other functions in a microgravity environment that yield novel results.
Separation and transit to reentry
Once the processing run is complete, Varda's capsule separates from the orbital satellite.
Safe return to Earth
Varda’s capsule reenters the Earth’s atmosphere at more than 18,000 miles per hour and reaching more than Mach 25. The capsule touches down on land via a parachute, and the capsule and its payload are recovered for post flight analysis.
