Small satellites in LEO have limited room for propulsion and fuel to maintain orbit.
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DARPA is requesting basic or applied research concepts for low-drag materials for spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO). The agency wants materials that are also resistant to the corrosive LEO environment, which includes atomic oxygen, it said in a request for information (RFI) posted online on July...
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