Space Force launches experimental payloads into orbit | C4ISRNET

As part of the Space Test Program, the US Space Force deployed lots of new test cargo into orbit along with a NASA satellite on Dec. 7. The Space Test Program-6 satellite, or STPSat-6, was combined with nine Space Force payloads chosen by the Defense Department’s Space Experiment Review Board. The Atmospheric Burst Reporting System, developed by the Energy Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration to increase detection of nuclear detonations, was the primary payload. The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration payload, designed to showcase laser communications for NASA’s civilian space agency, was also on board. 

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