Redwire names Voyager subcontractor for DARPA Otter VLEO mission.
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Redwire names Voyager subcontractor for DARPA Otter VLEO mission. Otter will develop, demonstrate, and gather on-orbit data for air-breathing electric propulsion systems enabling VLEO operations. Redwire has selected Voyager Technologies as a subcontractor for the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Otter programme. As part of this agreement, Voyager will provide its space-flight hardware suite, the Acceleration Measurement System (AMS), to Redwire, which is the prime contractor for the programme. In November last year, Redwire secured a $44m phase 2 contract to support the DARPA Otter very low earth orbit (VLEO) mission, which aims to demonstrate the world's first air-breathing spacecraft and enhance next-generation orbital capabilities. Otter's operation in VLEO involves higher atmospheric resistance and gravitational influence, requiring frequent propulsion to maintain its orbit. Accurate control of these orbital adjustments, or delta-V, is necessary for a range of spacecraft activities including course corrections, various in-orbit operations, and planned deorbiting. Voyager's AMS is engineered to provide the precise delta-V and acceleration data needed for these manoeuvres. The AMS draws on more than a decade of consistent, failure-free performance on missions such as the Space Acceleration Measurement System, Microgravity Acceleration Measurement...
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