SpaceX carries City Labs’ nuclear-powered CubeSat to orbit, a space-first
SpaceX launched BOHR, the first commercially built nuclear-powered satellite from City Labs, on the Transporter-17 mission. BOHR tests City Labs’ NanoTritium betavoltaic power source for continuous space power, though the CubeSat still relies on solar energy for general operations, signaling a potential path for future nuclear-powered missions in challenging environments like permanently shadowed lunar regions.