NASA CubeSats Launch as Commercial Rideshares

A pair of CubeSats from NASA8217;s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, or PTD, series lifted off on SpaceXs Transporter-11 rideshare mission at 11:56 a.m. PDT Friday, August 16, from Vandenburg Space Force Base in California. The two small satellites, PTD-4 and PTD-R, will help advance NASA8217;s efforts to validate novel technologies and increase small spacecraft capabilities in 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...
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