Prometheus 2 Cubesats Readied For First UK Orbital Launch

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Credit: Virgin Orbit
LONDON—Airbus is testing a pair of UK defense cubesats in readiness for the first orbital launch from the UK. The Prometheus 2 mission, led by the UK Defense Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL), uses a pair of cereal box-sized satellites that will operate in low Earth orbit and test...

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