City Labs Launches Small Sat Demonstrator With Nuclear Battery

Credit: City Labs

City Labs' nuclear battery pathfinder, the BOHR, appears to be a 1U cubesat.

 

Credit: City Labs
City Labs has launched a nuclear-battery powered cubesat into orbit from the SpaceX Transporter-17 rideshare mission. The Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability (BOHR) satellite was deployed successfully from the SpaceX Falcon 9 and is intended to serve as a pathfinder for future nuclear-battery...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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