W-Series 4 [Varda Space Industries]
W-Series (also called Winnebago) are a series of spacecraft designed by Varda Space Industries, which will spend up to three months in orbit to test space manufacturing technologies. At the end of that mission, a reentry capsule will return to Earth the material produced in orbit.
For the first three missions (W-Series 1, 2 and 3), Varda contracted with Rocket Lab to provide Pioneer spacecrafts as the base for the vehicles. But for later versions, Varda uses an in-house built bus. W-Series 4 is the first one to fly the indigenious bus.
W-Series 4 was launched on 23 June 2025. It appears, that the W-Series 4 capsule did not deorbit as planned and objects were left in a low perigee orbit.
W-Series 5 was launched on 28 November 2025 and successfully returned to Koonibba range, Australia, on 29 January2026.
W-Series 6 was launched in March 2026 and successfully returned to Koonibba range, Australia, on 19 May 2026.
| Satellite |
COSPAR |
Date |
LS |
|
Launch Vehicle |
Remarks |
| W-Series 4 (W 4) |
2025-135R |
23.06.2025 |
Va SLC-4E |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with Nyx Mission Possible,
W-Series 4,
VanZyl 2,
Capella 17,
T1DES 1,
Arvaker 2, 3,
SkyBee A02,
Lyra 3,
ICEYE X52, ..., X57,
IRIDE-MS2-HEO 2, ..., 6, 8, 9,
GHGSat C12, C13,
Startical IOD-2,
ForgeStar 1,
GRUS 3α,
BIFROST,
ElaraSat MMS1,
EarthDaily 1,
Pulsar 0,
ION-SCV 018,
Lemur-2 TBD1, TBD2,
ION-SCV 020,
Otter Pup 2,
Hubble 4, 5,
Hubble 6, 7,
PADRE,
BRO 18,
AddCube,
AE2a,
AE3Va,
ARCSTONE,
Connecta-IoT 9, ..., 12,
DUTHSat 2,
Hyperfield 1B,
MÖBIUS 1,
SATMAR,
Sejong 2,
FossaSat 2E21,
JACK 001,
PARUS T2,
QUICKģ,
SATORO T3,
TPA 1,
Time Flies,
UND-ROADS 1, 2,
Good Ancestor Kilakila,
HORIS 1, 2,
RIDUSAT,
|
| W-Series 5 (W 5) |
2025-276CK |
28.11.2025 |
Va SLC-4E |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with FORMOSAT 8A,
W-Series 4,
IRIDE-MS1-EAGLET2 1, ..., 8,
Nahla,
YAM 9,
Azalea Cluster 1 RF-1, 2, 3,
Pelican 5, 6,
ICEYE X58, ..., X62,
PIAST M, S1, S2,
ŅuSat 47, 51, 52,
Umbra-SAR 11,
Mercury 1,
HydroGNSS 1, 2,
ION-SCV 021, 022,
LacunaSat 4C, ..., 4F
Lemur-2 233, 334, 235,
Foresail 1p,
LEO Express 3,
FossaSat 2E22, 2E23, 2E24,
FGN-TUG S01,
FRG 10D1,
CTC 1A, 1B, 1C,
GENA-OT 1,
GHGSat C14, C15,
GYEONGGISat 1,
MAUVE,
PHI 1,
SpeQtre,
Black Kite 1,
BRO 17, 20,
6GStarLab,
AE5Ra, AE5Rb, AE5Rc,
Lilium 2,
PW-6U,
R5 S7,
TRYAD 1, 2,
3UCubed A,
Flock-4h 1, ..., 36,
Lilium 3,
OTTER,
PHASMA-LAMARR,
PHASMA-DIRAC,
SPiN 2,
TORO 2,
WISDOM A, B,
MICE 1,
Veery 0G,
HUNITY,
SARI 1, 2,
Accenture 1,
ANISC,
HCT-Sat 2,
IHI-Sat 2,
Lemur-2 227, 228,
LUNA 1,
T.MicroSat 1,
(Transporter 15) |
| W-Series 6 (W 6) |
2026-067BF |
30.03.2026 |
Va SLC-4E |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with Gravitas,
FGN-100 d3,
HotSat 2,
W-Series 6,
Vindlér 2.0.1, ..., 2.0.3,
Capella 20,
ICEYE X71, ..., X76,
IRIDE-MS1-EAGLET2 9, ..., 16,
ŅuSat 53, 54,
Hawk 14A, 14B, 14C,
Garai B,
SERT 3,
Mimir 1,
ION-SCV 019,
Lusíada 1, ..., 4,
Vigoride 7,
InspectorSat 1,
R5 S10,
SpaceVan 002,
AEPEX,
MARS 1A, 1B,
Out Of The Box,
Vireon 1, 2,
SPOQC,
BRO 19,
Black Kite 2,
ERMIS 3,
Flylab 1,
T.MicroSat 2,
TORO 3,
AE1a,
AISSat 4,
COSMO,
Deloitte 2, 3,
ERMIS 1, 2,
Flylab 2,
GEMS2-Amethyst,
GENIEedge Atlas,
Harbinger,
Lilium 4,
OptiSat,
PARUS 6U1,
Sharjah-Sat 2,
Io 1,
DISCO 2,
FossaSat 2E25,
Ghostrider,
JACK 002,
PeakSat,
SAL-E,
AiglonSat 1,
Emisar,
TechEdSat 23,
Dream Big 1, ..., 6,
Unicorn 2R, 2S,
SpinnyONE,
Decimal-Sat 1,
VegaFly 1,
FEMTO 1,
HelloWorld 1,
Lemur-2 247, ..., 253,
LUNA 2,
PHOBOS,
SM 1.2 ?,
TROOP F3 |
| W-Series 7 (W 7) |
- |
2026 |
Va SLC-4E |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with ? |
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