Spaceflight Asks OK for Rideshare Mission, Control and Propulsion Demo

Spaceflight is seeking FCC OK for deployment and launch of its Sherpa-LTC1 spacecraft in December or January. In a request for special temporary authority filed Thursday with the International Bureau, Spaceflight said the Sherpa mission will last up to 180 days, deploying its manifest of customers' satellites and doing a demonstration of its control and propulsion, a rapid deorbit and data collection. Onboard the Sherpa mission would be 13 cubesats or micro-satellites from operators including NASA, Spacemanic and HawkEye 360, it said.