AFRL’s Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Ascent Satellite Shows Promise


Commercial-off-the-shelf electronics may have use in GEO
 

Credit: AFRL
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Ascent cubesat has completed all its mission objectives about 10 months after its launch. The small satellite was built using commercial-off-the-shelf electronics and will continue orbiting in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) as part of extended operations...

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