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Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)

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The Air Force experimentation office is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory and works directly with Air Force and Department of Defense leaders at the Pentagon.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipFeb 28, 2019Air Force laying groundwork for future military use of commercial megaconstellations

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s S5 satellite will ride to near geostationary orbit with Nusantara Satu before deploying from the parent satellite.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralFeb 21, 2019SpaceX launches satellites, moon mission on Falcon 9

The Beresheet lander and the Air Force Research Laboratory smallsat are riding onboard Nusantara Satu and will separate from the satellite using techniques SSL developed as part of DARPA’s Payload Orbital Delivery System experiment.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

The 2019-02-21 Falcon 9 mission will include the Israeli lunar lander Beresheet and an Air Force Research Laboratory smallsat as rideshare payloads alongside Nusantara Satu.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

Blue Canyon Technologies won a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory in September 2017 to build two smallsats intended to operate in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipFeb 15, 2019Air Force smallsat to fly on upcoming Falcon 9 launch

The Orbital Test Bed mission hosting the Deep Space Atomic Clock and the AFRL modular solar array payload is scheduled to be launched in 2019.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJan 14, 2019General Atomics’ acquisitions of smallsat companies bearing fruit

NASA chose the Orbital Test Bed to host the Deep Space Atomic Clock and an Air Force Research Laboratory modular solar array payload under a separate program.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJan 14, 2019General Atomics’ acquisitions of smallsat companies bearing fruit

Blue Canyon Technologies is designing and manufacturing two small satellites destined for geostationary orbit under Air Force Research Laboratory contracts.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipOct 31, 2018Blue Canyon Technologies wins constellation contract

Blue Canyon Technologies developed XACT, a compact attitude control system, in 2010 under an Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovative Research contract.

Mentioned as: air force research laboratoryOrg RelationshipOct 31, 2018Blue Canyon Technologies wins constellation contract

One of the Air Force Research Laboratory contracts with Blue Canyon Technologies is for a 60-kilogram space situational awareness microsatellite bus to demonstrate monitoring of geostationary orbit with a small satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryTechnical ProductOct 31, 2018Blue Canyon Technologies wins constellation contract

Northrop Grumman developed ESPASat, a geostationary satellite bus designed to fly from the ESPAStar platform, based on the AFRL Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space (ANGELS) program launched in 2014.

Mentioned as: afrlTechnical ProductSep 17, 2018Government agencies prepare for piggyback flights, secondary payloads

In April (year unspecified in source), the Air Force Research Laboratory launched the ESPA Augmented Geosynchronous Satellite known as Eagle on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryTechnical ProductSep 17, 2018Government agencies prepare for piggyback flights, secondary payloads

Pawlikowski has spent eight of the past ten years in the Air Force overseeing space programs as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and in senior roles at the National Reconnaissance Office and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 15, 2018Air Force Gen. Pawlikowski: Military satellites will be smaller, more mobile
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