AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

by AFRL PA | Apr 21, 2022 | News, Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and ABL Space Systems are collaborating to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. Leveraging ABL’s deployable ground system,...

AFRL completes series of 1 Newton ASCENT monopropellant thruster testing

by AFRL PA | Apr 12, 2022 | News, Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Chemical Propulsion Flight Programs Group at the Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant (ASCENT) monopropellant 1 Newton (1N) thruster testing in the...

AFRL’s Cislunar Highway Patrol System seeks industry collaboration

by AFRL PA | Mar 23, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate is seeking partners to design and inform the capabilities of the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) satellite, to provide space domain awareness beyond...

AFRL celebrates launch of small-sat Ascent to GEO space

by AFRL PA | Dec 7, 2021 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate small satellite named Ascent was launched Dec. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Florida as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard a...

AFRL extends capability for testing solid rocket motors with new equipment

by AFRL PA | Aug 30, 2021 | News, Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division has a new capability, a Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar system, also known as a Kolsky bar, that measures stress at high strain rates and helps analyze material...