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Space

Redwire Tapped To Provide Mako Spacecraft For Space Force’s Tetra-6 Mission

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

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Redwire Tapped To Provide Mako Spacecraft For Space Force’s Tetra-6 Mission

Redwire's Mako spacecraft. Image: Redwire

Redwire Corp. [RDW] on Tuesday said it has received a contract from Orion Space Solutions to provide a Mako spacecraft to support the Space Force’s Tetra-6 mission. The Tetra-5 mission, for which Redwire is supplying two Mako platforms, and the Tetra-6 mission will involve satellites in geosynchronous orbit that will be used to demonstrate multiple refueling mechanisms. It will also demonstrate cooperative and prepared inspection, docking, proximity operations, and autonomy techniques to enable future on-orbit servicing capabilities, and sustained space…

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