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Anyone know more about the payload? Here's what I've found: It's carrying the "Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload", part of the "Dark-Sky 1 Mission" > Dark-Sky 1 is

Anyone know more about the payload? Here's what I've found: It's carrying the "Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload", part of the "Dark-Sky 1 Mission" > Dark-Sky 1 is jointly funded by DIU and Blue Origin. [5] DIU is "The Pentagon’s commercial technology arm, the Defense Innovation Unit" [1] https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-ring-pathfinder-payload https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-ring-pathfinder-payload [2] https://www.diu.mil/latest/companies-selected-for-diu-orbital-logistics-vehicle-project-moving-forward https://www.diu.mil/latest/companies-selected-for-diu-orbita... [3] https://www.meritalk.com/articles/diu-orbital-logistics-awardees-move-to-prototyping/ https://www.meritalk.com/articles/diu-orbital-logistics-awar... [4] https://www.geekwire.com/2024/blue-origin-ring-darksky-1/ https://www.geekwire.com/2024/blue-origin-ring-darksky-1/ [5] https://spacenews.com/defense-innovation-unit-awards-three-contracts-for-space-logistics-technologies/ https://spacenews.com/defense-innovation-unit-awards-three-c...

raverbashing 2y ago
I wonder if it might need some extra mass simulators (probably not depending on how heavy the payload is)
rubzah 2y ago
"Dark Sky" funded by the Pentagon. Sounds chipper.
- findthewords 2y ago
  If there's anything in the name, I would guess an anti-satellite EMP.
  - aa-jv 2y ago
    If that were the case it'd be just another treaty violation from out of control spooks.
    - lupusreal 2y ago
      China is testing FOBS weapons, any relevant treaty is already a joke.
      - aa-jv 2y ago
        "We broke the treaty because they broke the treaty" fails as an argument when Both Sides™ use it, though.
        lupusreal 2y ago
        It doesn't really matter if the argument is morally satisfying.
        aa-jv 2y ago
        The moral altitude is a fallacy, however.
  - baq 2y ago
    They did meaningful mission badges in NROL a few decades ago, someone found the birds thanks to that and they stopped. Best to assume nothing.

raverbashing 2y ago

I wonder if it might need some extra mass simulators (probably not depending on how heavy the payload is)

rubzah 2y ago

"Dark Sky" funded by the Pentagon. Sounds chipper.

findthewords 2y ago
If there's anything in the name, I would guess an anti-satellite EMP.
- aa-jv 2y ago
  If that were the case it'd be just another treaty violation from out of control spooks.
  - lupusreal 2y ago
    China is testing FOBS weapons, any relevant treaty is already a joke.
    - aa-jv 2y ago
      "We broke the treaty because they broke the treaty" fails as an argument when Both Sides™ use it, though.
      - lupusreal 2y ago
        It doesn't really matter if the argument is morally satisfying.
        aa-jv 2y ago
        The moral altitude is a fallacy, however.
- baq 2y ago
  They did meaningful mission badges in NROL a few decades ago, someone found the birds thanks to that and they stopped. Best to assume nothing.