TRACERS

NASA Tests Scalable Satellite Tech to Launch Sensors Quicker – NASA

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NASA Tests Scalable Satellite Tech to Launch Sensors Quicker – NASA

NASA’s Athena Economical Payload Integration Cost mission, or Athena EPIC, is a test launch for an innovative, scalable space vehicle design to support future missions. The small satellite platform is engineered to share resources among the payloads onboard by managing routine functions so the individual payloads don’t have to. This technology results in lower costs … Read more

NASA to Brief Media on New Mission to Study Earth’s Magnetic Shield – NASA

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NASA to Brief Media on New Mission to Study Earth’s Magnetic Shield – NASA

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 17, to share information about the agency’s upcoming Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS, mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than late July. The TRACERS mission is a pair of twin satellites that will study how Earth’s … Read more