Tag: NovaWurks
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Spaceflight preps for first launch of unique orbiting satellite deployers
Artist’s illustration of the SSO-A mission’s free flyers separating from the upper stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: Spaceflight Engineers working for Spaceflight, a Seattle-based launch services company, are in the final steps of preparing for the first launch of new robotic free flyers carrying more than 70 small government and commercial satellites into…
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SpaceX’s most recent launch carried a secret military-funded experiment
Artist’s illustration of a Payload Orbital Delivery System accommodation on a Space Systems/Loral-built telecom satellite. Credit: SSL A previously-undisclosed payload funded by a U.S. military research agency rode into orbit with a Spanish communications satellite on SpaceX’s most recent Falcon 9 rocket launch March 6, officials said Friday. The small spacecraft was fastened inside the…