By Tyler Durden
The US Air Force recently announced the opening of a new
high-tech lab which it says will be used by the recently
established Space Force (USSF) to test advanced materials
and designs for space vehicles such as satellites and
spacecraft.
The new lab facility is located at Kirtland Air Force Base in
New Mexico and is called Deployable Structures Laboratory
(DeSel):
“I’m excited to have a facility that was specifically
built for testing novel deployable space
structures,” the chief of the lab’s�Integrated
Structural Systems team Benjamin Urioste announced
Monday.
“With the push towards hybrid architecture and smaller
satellites, high packing efficiency structures and the ability to
bring large satellite capability to small satellites is more
important than ever,†Urioste added.
Further according to the press
release:
“This new class of high strain composite enabled structures
requires new ground test facilities,†Urioste added. “Satellite
deployments are nerve-wracking, one-shot endeavors and the
high-fidelity ground testing that will take place in the DeSel is
critical to ensuring on-orbit success.â€Spacecraft Technologies Division chief Mark Roverse said the
structures, made possible by high strain composites,
“will enable new mission paradigms for the U.S. Space
Force.â€
US rival powers like Russia
have recently accused Washington of seeking to “weaponize the
moon†and triggering a space arms race.
The new @AFresearchlab
Deployable Structures Laboratory at @KIRTLAND377ABW
will be used for testing novel deployable space structures in
support of both @usairforce
& @SpaceForceDoD
R&D efforts.
#spacehttps://t.co/rTioOx2C6Q— U.S. Air Force Materiel Command
(@HQ_AFMC)
November 4, 2020
Space Force’s official doctrine according to its founding
NASA and DoD memos include responsibilities of “developing
military space systems and doctrine, as well as presenting space
forces to support the warfighting Combatant Commands.â€
The new lab where experimental technologies will be developed
was constructed at a bargain $4 million, and began in December
2019.
Among the projects it’s expected to assist on includes work on
eight “wide field of view†ballistic missile early warning
satellites that primarily SpaceX and L3Harris Technologies will be
building after they were awarded huge contracts in July.
Source:
Zero Hedge
Top image credit: Kirtland AFB / U.S. Air Force
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