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US to award Rocket Lab $23.9 million to boost satellite, spacecraft chips

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it planned to award Rocket Lab $23.9 million to dramatically boost the production of compound semiconductors used in satellites and spacecraft. The award for Rocket Lab unit SolAero Technologies Corp “would help create a more robust and resilient supply of space-grade solar cells that power spacecrafts and …

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