City Labs' BOHR is the first commercial nuclear power source in orbit, a tritium betavoltaic battery built to run where solar panels cannot.

The satellite's maker, City Labs, believes this demonstration mission will be a key step toward putting nuclear power on the Moon.

City Labs’ BOHR satellite uses technology that has previously been the domain of state-funded scientific and military applications

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The BOHR mission serves as a pathfinder for future nuclear-powered spacecraft."

City Labs' BOHR is the first commercial nuclear power source in orbit, a tritium betavoltaic battery built to run where solar panels cannot.

BOHR's primary mission is to test a different kind of power source in orbit. The CubeSat is carrying City Labs' "NanoTritium" system, a betavoltaic power source that...

Das US-Unternehmen City Labs hat einen Satelliten ins All gebracht, der durch den radioaktiven Zerfall von Tritium mit Strom versorgt wird.