Firefly Launch Customers NASA TechEdSat-15

Learn more about NASA's TechEdSat-15 mission that successfully launched on Firefly's first orbital mission FLTA002 "To The Black" on Oct 1st at 12:01AM PDT.
Mission Details:
The TechEdSat-15 is a three-unit CubeSat that weighs 9.1 pounds and carries experiments that are being advanced in TechEdSat’s Nano-Orbital Workshop (NOW) rapid flight development series.
TechEdSat-15’s primary experiment is a version of an exo-brake intended to survive much higher temperature environments - several hundred degrees - than in previous flights. It will demonstrate the next step forward in nanosatellites’ ability to target an Earth entry point.
The exo-brake is a device that applies drag in Earth’s exosphere - the uppermost reaches of the atmosphere - to slow the speed of a satellite’s descent and change its direction. This experiment will permit the satellite to survive closer-to-peak heating, maintain telemetry, and assess the dynamics as the system enters the top of the atmosphere.
Another experiment on TechEdSat-15 includes the Beacon And Memory Board Interface (BAMBI), which optimizes internal and external data transfer from the nanosatellite.
The TechEdSat-NOW series has multiple research goals including using the exo-brake to de-orbit high-altitude nanosatellites at end of mission to reduce issues related to orbital debris. Additionally, drag modulation has uses for sample return from low-Earth orbit as well as tailoring orbits during aero-pass maneuvers for future planetary applications.

[@borghorsa1902]

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[@possum303]

Awesome!