Bard

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Launched 7/23/2025

Technical Specifications

Verified technical details

Dry Mass: 140 kg
Total Mass: 140 kg
Power: Unknown
Design Life: Unknown

Stakeholders

Operator

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Manufacturer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Launch Mission

TRACERS

1/1/2025

Entity Mentions

All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

As of August 25, 2025, York Space Systems delivered a communications satellite called BARD that it built for NASA in July 2025.

Mentioned as: BARDSource

The July 23, 2025 launch deployed TRACERS and additional payloads including Athena EPIC (Athena), York Space Systems' Bard (host for PExT), Maverick Space Systems' REAL, Tyvak's LIDE, and Skykraft 4 satellites.

Mentioned as: BardSource