The Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit and the Space Development Agency have awarded a contract for a preliminary design review of a spacecraft mission intended to deorbit satellites nearing the end of their working life.“(O)ur team designed a highly efficient, cost-effective solution for our Elytra vehicles to deorbit satellites nearing end of life.” Jason Kim, Firefly AerospaceThe mission would use the Firefly Aerospace Elytra spacecr…
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