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Coast Guard Planning Launch Of First Satellites

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, December 18th, 2017

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Coast Guard Planning Launch Of First Satellites

Artist rendering of Coast Guard cubesat.

The Coast Guard in 2018, with the help of other government partners, is planning to launch its first ever satellites, which will be used to demonstrate the use of the platforms for search and rescue mission in the Arctic region.One of the Coast Guard’s partners, the Science and Technology branch of the Department of Homeland Security, is taking advantage of “rideshare opportunities” for launching the two 10-centimeter cubesats in the third quarter of 2018, a service spokesman told Defense Daily…

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