by AFRL PA | Aug 2, 2021 | Space, Success Stories
SPACE SOLAR POWER INCREMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS AND RESEARCH PROJECT (SSPIDR) What is it? Arachne is the keystone flight experiment in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s SSPIDR project, which aims to prove and mature essential technologies for a prototype space-based...
by AFRL PA | Jun 4, 2021 | Space, Success Stories, Vanguard Success
AIR FORCE VANGUARD PROGRAM What is it? The Department of the Air Force is exploring rocket cargo transportation capability for DOD logistics. Based on advertised commercial capability and business objectives, the Air Force Research Laboratory is currently assessing...
by AFRL PA | Sep 14, 2020 | Space, Success Stories
Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research Project (SSPIDR) WHAT IS IT? SSPIDR is a series of integrated demonstrations and technology maturation efforts at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate to develop space-based solar...
by AFRL PA | Jul 7, 2020 | Aerospace, Space, Success Stories
AN ADVANCED MONOPROPELLANT FORMULATION ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) propellant, formerly known as AF-M315E, is an advanced monopropellant formulation developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division (RQR). ASCENT...
by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2019 | Integrated Capabilities, Space, Success Stories, Vanguard Success
VANGUARD: SOLUTIONS TO 21ST CENTURY THREATS AGAINST GPS THE NTS-3 DEMONSTRATION RELIES ON THREE MUTUALLY-INTERDEPENDENT SEGMENTS: A space-based experimental satellite Ground-based command and control system Agile software-defined user receivers These segments are...
by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2019 | Space, Success Stories
Description of Technology Launched on June 25, 2019, the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft will conduct applied research designed to boost the Department of Defense’s (DoD) capability to...
