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Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio Payload Launched to International Space Station

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When the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 resupply vehicle lifted off from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station on September 21, it also carried theSpinSat satellite, which includes an Amateur Radio payload. The satellite will be stowed aboard the ISS until deployment later this fall from the airlock of the Japanese Experiment Module.


Developed by the Naval Research Laboratory, the 125-po...

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