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SAN FRANCISCO – Viridian Space Corp. won a $1.25 million award from the U.S. Air Force for very low Earth orbit (VLEO) electric-propulsion technology. With funding from the Phase II award from Air Force technology innovation arm AFWERX, the Southern California startup will develop an air-fed cathode able to withstand erosion in the oxygen-rich VLEO environment…
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Viridian wins $1.25 million AFWERX award for VLEO propulsion technology
Debra Werner
15:22
SAN FRANCISCO – Viridian Space Corp. won a $1.25 million award from the U.S. Air Force for very low Earth orbit (VLEO) electric-propulsion technology. With funding from the Phase II award from Air Force technology innovation arm AFWERX, the Southern California startup will develop an air-fed cathode able to withstand erosion in the oxygen-rich VLEO environment…
