The payload for a project that looks to prove long-term cryogenic storage in low earth orbit has been cleared after extensive testing, advancing it to its next stage.
The project, named LOXSAT, is being undertaken by US-based technology development company Eta Space.
LOXSAT is the company’s nine-month data-gathering mission that aims to send 100 litres of liquid oxygen into space and store it with no losses. Eta Space will use the findings to build a foundation for full-scale cryogenic fuel storage depots in orbit, which could enable longer-duration space missions.
Before the mission could move ahead the technology underwent extensive testing at two separate Kennedy Space Center laboratories, where it was cleared.
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