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AFRL Opens Lab for Testing New, High-Strain Composites for Space

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AFRL Opens Lab for Testing New, High-Strain Composites for Space
Members of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrate the opening of the Deployable Structures Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, N.M. on Oct. 29. The laboratory was constructed by Sky Blue Builders and designed by Studio Southwest Architects, both of Albuquerque, N.M., and will be used for testing novel deployable space structures. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has opened a Deployable Structures Laboratory, DeSel, at Kirtland AFB, N.M. Construction on the $4 million, 7,000 square foot DeSel began last December. Benjamin Urioste, a research engineer at DeSel, said that the lab "was specifically built for testing novel, deployable space structures." “With the push toward hybrid architecture and smaller satellites, high packing efficiency structures and the ability to bring large satellite capability to small satellites is more important than…

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