Secondary Payloads Announced for First Flight of Space Launch System Rocket

Last updated: 02/03/2016 12:12 am

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Secondary Payloads Announced for First Flight of Space Launch System Rocket

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During an event from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Feb. 2, officials announced the selection of 13 low-cost small satellites to launch as secondary payloads on Exploration Mission‑1 (EM‑1) in 2018 — the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, designed to launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the moon, to demonstrate the integrated system performance of Orion and the SLS before the first crewed flight of Orion. These small satellite secondary payloads will carry science and technology investigations to help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the Journey to Mars.

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