SDA Loses Control Of Demo Satellites

LINCS
Credit: SDA
COLORADO SPRINGS—Two experimental satellites built for the Space Development Agency (SDA) are “tumbling” in orbit, the agency director said. The Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS), made by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, are 12U cubesats that are supposed to...
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