Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction CubeSat Experiment (CIRCE)

Navy lab experiment on ISS could improve long-range radio communications

The Experiment for Characterizing the Lower Ionosphere & Prediction of Sporadic-E (ECLIPSE) sensors are slated to launch to the ISS in March via the DoD Space Test Program, Andrew Nicholas, one of the effort's lead researchers, told Breaking Defense in an email.

By Theresa Hitchens

Space

Joint US-UK experimental satellites will launch this summer from Cornwall

The two shoebox-sized CubeSats will each carry five miniature sensors, two provided by the Naval Research Lab and three by the UK Defence Science and Technology Lab.

By Theresa Hitchens