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Project Moonlighter Satellite To Be Modeled After 3U Cubesats

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021

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Project Moonlighter Satellite To Be Modeled After 3U Cubesats

Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, the first head of Space Systems Command, established in August, speaks to personnel at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. on Oct. 6. (U.S. Space Force Photo)

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…

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Space

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Congress

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