SpaceX has scheduled the launch of its Transporter-17 rideshare mission for Tuesday, July 7.

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

Questa prima fase di test è una tappa fondamentale per l'ingresso dell'energia nucleare nel settore spaziale commerciale

SpaceX has scheduled the launch of its Transporter-17 rideshare mission for Tuesday, July 7.