AMSTERDAM — Startup Spanish green satellite and rocket propulsion designer Arkadia Space said the success of its first orbital mission with last-mile-delivery provider D-Orbit has moved the technology to TRL 8-9, making it ready for industrial production.
Arkadia’s high-test peroxide-fueled DARK module was launched March 15 attached to D-Orbit’s Ion carrier aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 13 mission.
D-Orbit Commercial Strategy Vice President Matteo Andreas Lorenzoni confirmed that Dark had performed to specifications:
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