{"id":178788,"date":"2025-12-07T05:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/178788\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T05:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:31:13","slug":"nasa-launches-tech-demo-to-make-spacecraft-cheaper-to-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/178788\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA launches tech demo to make spacecraft cheaper to design"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"The<\/a>The satellite described (Image source: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Facebook)<\/p>\n

NASA launched a small satellite called R5-S7 in late November. It is a CubeSat built with cost-saving methods. It is set to showcase rapid, low-cost ways of building and operating satellites.<\/p>\n

On November 28 at 6:44 PM UTC, NASA launched the R5-S7 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft 7). The CubeSat launched on a commercial rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. <\/p>\n

R5-S7 is part of the R5 series of CubeSats. It is built using commercial off-the-shelf parts and less expensive subsystems. It also follows shorter development timelines. <\/p>\n

R5-S7\u2019s programming includes a special proximity operations maneuver \u2014 the first-ever R5 satellite to try this. The proximity operations maneuver is basically a controlled movement near another object. It is programmed to happen immediately after R5-S7 leaves the launch vehicle. The maneuver is an important ability for future tasks like inspecting, repairing, and building things in orbit. <\/p>\n

Generally, with the R5 series, NASA aims to show that spacecraft design can be more affordable and the timeline for building them can be reduced from years to months. R5-S7 was launched alongside three other NASA-funded CubeSats. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket also carried several other satellites during this launch. They were all launched as part of SpaceX\u2019s Transporter-15 rideshare mission. <\/p>\n

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\"Chibuike<\/a>Chibuike Okpara<\/a> – Tech Writer – 305 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2024<\/p>\n

I have always been fascinated by technology and digital devices my entire life and even got addicted to it. I have always marveled at the intricacy of even the simplest digital devices and systems around us. I have been writing and publishing articles online for about 6 years now, just about a year ago, I found myself lost in the marvel of smartphones and laptops we have in our hands every day. I developed a passion for learning about new devices and technologies that come with them and at some point, I asked myself, “Why not get into writing tech articles?” It is useless to say I followed up the idea \u2014 it is evident. I am an open-minded individual who derives an infinite amount of joy from researching and discovering new information, I believe there is so much to learn and such a short life to live, so I put my time to good use \u2014 learning new things. I am a ‘bookworm’ of the internet and digital devices. When I am not writing, you will find me on my devices still, I do explore and admire the beauty of nature and creatures. I am a fast learner and quickly adapt to changes, always looking forward to new adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The satellite described (Image source: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Facebook) NASA launched a small satellite called R5-S7…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[30966,569,570,61,92324,60,562,568,561,97442,571,97441,567,563,564,11830,82,247,566,565],"class_list":{"0":"post-178788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-affordable","9":"tag-benchmarks","10":"tag-graphics-card","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-inexpensive","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-laptop","15":"tag-netbook","16":"tag-notebook","17":"tag-november-rocket-launches","18":"tag-processor","19":"tag-r5-s7","20":"tag-reports","21":"tag-review","22":"tag-reviews","23":"tag-satellites","24":"tag-science","25":"tag-space","26":"tag-test","27":"tag-tests"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}