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Quantum Space Wins Pentagon Contract to Develop Orbital Refueling Spacecraft
The award funds a demonstration of in-space refueling as the military seeks longer satellite lifetimes and more flexible operations.
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Pentagon awards deal for orbital gas station demonstration
A Maryland company wants to build something nobody’s ever actually flown: a working gas station in orbit, and the Department of War is now paying for it. Quantum Space announced a contract through the Pentagon’s Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund to demonstrate a fuel depot spacecraft, built on its Ranger platform, that can refuel other […]
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Quantum Space wins Pentagon contract to develop orbital refueling spacecraft
The company plans to deliver a fuel-transfer vehicle to the U.S. Space Force by 2028 The post Quantum Space wins Pentagon contract to develop orbital refueling spacecraft appeared first on SpaceNews.
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