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  • USAF Kestrel Eye 1 spacecraft to ride on Falcon 9 in 2013

    USAF Kestrel Eye 1 spacecraft to ride on Falcon 9 in 2013

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    The US Air Force’s Kestrel Eye 1 Tactical Imaging Spacecraft spacecraft will head uphill in 2013 as a secondary payload on a commercial Falcon 9 launch. Technically classed as a nanosatellite, the spacecraft will be hosted on the Spaceflight Secondary Payload System (SSPS), as part of SpaceX and Spaceflight’s Launch Services Agreement (LSA). Kestrel Hitching…