{"id":206616,"date":"2025-02-17T08:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/redwire-lands-new-satellite-contract-for-space-force-in-orbit-refueling-experiment"},"modified":"2025-02-17T08:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:09:41","slug":"redwire-lands-new-satellite-contract-for-space-force-in-orbit-refueling-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/redwire-lands-new-satellite-contract-for-space-force-in-orbit-refueling-experiment","title":{"rendered":"Redwire lands new satellite contract for Space Force in-orbit refueling experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/redwire-lands-new-satellite-contract-for-space-force-in-orbit-refueling-experiment2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Space infrastructure company Redwire has secured a contract to provide an additional satellite platform for a U.S. Space Force orbital refueling experiment.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite order, announced Feb. 11, is for a third Mako satellite bus for the Space Force\u2019s Tetra-6 in-orbit refueling experiment scheduled for 2027. The prime contractor for the experiment, Arcfield, had previously ordered two Mako platforms for the Tetra-5 experiment, scheduled for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Tetra-5 and Tetra-6 missions represent key tests of in-space refueling capabilities, a sector of the market closely being watched by military and commercial stakeholders as they seek to extend satellite lifespans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Space infrastructure company Redwire has secured a contract to provide an additional satellite platform for a U.S. Space Force orbital refueling experiment. The satellite order, announced Feb. 11, is for a third Mako satellite bus for the Space Force\u2019s Tetra-6 in-orbit refueling experiment scheduled for 2027. The prime contractor for the experiment, Arcfield, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}