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Miami-Based City Labs Achieves a First for Commercial Nuclear Power in Space
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On July 7, the world's first nuclear-powered commercial satellite officially entered orbit. The post The world's first nuclear-powered commercial satellite entered orbit first appeared on 24.hu.
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Solar panels are the most obvious source of energy for satellites, but they fail as soon as a spacecraft enters the Earth's shadow, reaches a permanently darkened lunar crater or moves far into space. Batteries bridge such phases, but their charge is eventually running out, and for missions of several years this is not enough. The startup City Labs from Miami has now found an answer that relies on nuclear energy instead of sunlight. Picture: Cit…
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