Space
From rocket engines and alternative fuels to unmanned vehicles and hypersonic systems, we’re pioneering aerospace technologies that help the United States Air and Space Forces soar higher, faster and more efficiently.
ONE AFRL – TWO SERVICES
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) stands ready to solve the most complex space problems by developing and delivering technology from satellites to rocket fuel and beyond. Our one AFRL team will create solutions for the United States Space Force to ensure continued space superiority for decades to come.
Success Stories
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE – 3 (NTS-3)
VANGUARD: SOLUTIONS TO 21ST CENTURY THREATS AGAINST GPS THE NTS-3 DEMONSTRATION RELIES ON THREE MUTUALLY-INTERDEPENDENT...
DEMONSTRATION AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS (DSX) SATELLITE
Description of Technology Launched on June 25, 2019, the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s...
EAGLE – Satellite Space Experiment
EAGLE, short for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented Geosynchronous...
Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA)
Our Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) uses stored strain-energy in composite slit-tube booms to deploy a flexible blanket array,...
Space Situational Awareness
Freedom to maneuver in space is critical to meeting the United States Air Force’s mission to fly, fight, and win in air, space...
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Oracle-M Hot Fire Test: A major milestone in Cislunar Space Situational Awareness and National Security
SSC and AFRL have reached a critical milestone in advancing cislunar SSA with the successful completion of the Oracle-M Hot Fire Test, which marks a major step toward ensuring Oracle-M’s readiness for its upcoming mission to monitor and track objects as they traverse cislunar space, the vast region between Earth and the Moon.
AFRL hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony at new FORTRESS facility
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building here. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles...