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Small Satellite Architectures Get New Boosts From SDA, NRO

Jan. 10, 2025 | By Greg Hadley
The Pentagon’s efforts to launch and connect hundreds of satellites in orbit got two separate boosts Jan. 9, courtesy of the Space Development Agency and National Reconnaissance Office. 

‘Extraordinarily Special’ Satellite Built by Cadets Launches into Orbit

Nov. 22, 2023 | By Greg Hadley
On the morning of Nov. 11, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., carrying more than 100 satellites into orbit. Only one of those satellites, however, was designed, built, and operated by students—FalconSAT-X, the latest small satellite developed by ...

A Cubesat Constellation Could Start Surveilling Cislunar Space as Soon as 2024

Nov. 12, 2021 | By Amanda Miller
A startup figuring out how to surveil the cislunar domain thinks a swarm of self-guiding cubesats could cover it, each revisiting the moon every 26 days. Unlike spacecraft in deep space now, its cubesats would maintain “radio silence.” The physicist-run startup Rhea Space Activity announced ...
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