Nuclear-powered CubeSat poised for historic SpaceX launch
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City Labs’ BOHR, the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered CubeSat, is set to launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-17; it uses NanoTritium betavoltaic cells to provide continuous power, enabling operations in shadowed or deep-space environments, and has obtained FAA approval under a regulatory pathway for nuclear payloads.
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