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Department of Air Force May Launch Satellite for Cybersecurity Testing in 2023

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021

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Department of Air Force May Launch Satellite for Cybersecurity Testing in 2023

All eight Hack-A-Sat 2 finalist teams received satellite hardware, called a flat-sat, and digital twin software to simulate and test satellite commands (Photo on Air Force Research Laboratory Web Site)

Under Project Moonlighter, the Department of the Air Force may launch a satellite for dedicated cybersecurity testing in 2023, a U.S. Space Force official said. “Moonlighter is going to be the culmination of multiple years of work through the Hack-A-Sat campaign, a true first of its kind on-orbit hackable satellite," Capt. Aaron Bolen, integrated section chief of the advanced technology branch at Space Force's Space Systems Command, said in a Dec. 13 statement. Project Moonlighter is "a really cool pathfinder,…

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