The DiskSat's flat format offers potential advantages over traditional cubic satellites.
Credit: Aerospace Corp.
Four DiskSat spacecraft were successfully launched on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle on Dec. 18, the start of a one-year demonstration mission in low Earth orbit (LEO) that the Aerospace Corp., the satellite’s designer, hopes will prove out a new flat-packing standard for small satellites. The...
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