Lots of launches today! Astroscale's ELSA-d and MBRSC's DMSat-1 were launched on a Soyuz. ELSA-d is a debris-removal demonstrator, using two ST-16RT2 star trackers. DMSat-1 is an optical remote sensing mission, using one ST-16RT2 star trackers and three RW3-0.06 reaction wheels. A few hours later, an Electron launched the Blacksky Global-9 satellite. This has two more ST-16RT2 star trackers, along with four RW3-0.06 reaction wheels. Finally, the kick stage of this Electron is configured as the Pathstone Photon satellite, with a further two more ST-16RT2 and three RW3-0.06. |
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