{"id":785619,"date":"2026-07-07T21:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/785619\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:54:09","slug":"city-labs-launches-small-sat-demonstrator-with-nuclear-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/785619\/","title":{"rendered":"City Labs Launches Small Sat Demonstrator With Nuclear Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    City Labs Launches Small Sat Demonstrator With Nuclear Battery | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><br \/>\n                    July 07, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/city_labs_bohr_nuclear_tritium-powered_satellite_c_city_labs.jpeg\" alt=\"Credit: City Labs\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>City Labs&#8217; nuclear battery pathfinder, the BOHR, appears to be a 1U cubesat.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Credit: City Labs<\/p>\n<p>  City Labs has launched a nuclear-battery powered cubesat into orbit from the SpaceX Transporter-17 rideshare mission. The Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability (BOHR) satellite was deployed successfully from the SpaceX Falcon 9 and is intended to serve as a pathfinder for future nuclear-battery&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Reim-Garrett_sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">City Labs Launches Small Sat Demonstrator With Nuclear Battery is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City Labs Launches Small Sat Demonstrator With Nuclear Battery | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Garrett&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-785619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}