Official Suggests Ways To Reduce Collision Damage From Cubesats

Credit: Raytheon
Adding radar reflectors and transponders to cubesats and other tiny spacecraft is one way private industry can make it easier to deconflict increasingly crowded orbits, a top U.S. Air Force officials suggested March 17. While stressing that the U.S. military wants civilian industry to clean up its...

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