Space. ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters (Debra Werner, Space News)

DARPA is developing a prototype line of cost-effective reconnaissance satellites that will operate in low Earth orbit as part of the Blackjack program. Credit: DARPA

Blue Canyon Technologies selected ExoTerra Resources to provide electric propulsion for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s Blackjack Phase 2 and Phase 3 satellites.

Blue Canyon, a Raytheon subsidiary, won a $14.1 million DARPA contract in 2020 to manufacture four Blackjack satellites, with options to build 16 additional small satellites for a constellation in low Earth orbit to provide communications, missile tracking and navigation services.

ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters – SpaceNews

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