
A U.S. Space Force effort to launch a dedicated cybersecurity testing satellite in 2023 will include a design modeled after the common 3U cube satellites (cubesats), which weigh no more than nine pounds. The Project Moonlighter satellite "will be modeled after" the 3U cubesats, "which are very small [and are] made up of various modules that weigh under five pounds," Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Dec.15. The project is to be the crowning achievement of the Department of the…