Deep Purple Principal Investigator Jordan Smilo holds a flight-ready optics package for the Lawrence Livermore National Lab's novel compact telescope, known as Deep Purple.
Credit: Irene Klotz/SmallSat
LOGAN, Utah—Among the payloads being prepared to launch onboard SpaceX’s upcoming rideshare mission is an 11-lb. dual-band telescope that was built in a year for about $1 million. Outfitted with both ultraviolet and short-wave infrared telescopes, the payload, known as Deep Purple, was designed...
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