LEO's looking a bit crowded, what about heading south a bit?

Update: 2025-07-14

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Space enthusiasts and hopefully listeners of this show know the term LEO, or low Earth orbit gets tossed around a lot, but what about VLEO, that's very low Earth orbit. Well you may begin hearing that phrase more and more. Orion Space Solutions announced the successful completion of a test readiness review (TRR) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Ouija program VLEO mission. It's slated to launch this summer and could open up the potential for more activity in that space. For an explainer about this program and VLEO information overall, I talked with Chad Fish, President and CEO of Orion Space Solutions.

https://orion.arcfield.com/press-releases/orion-space-solutions-prepares-for-historical-vleo-darpa-ouija-program-mission-launch

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