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GEC buys satellite platforms from Exobotics

1-12 U CubeSats. Credit: Exobotics

Edinburgh / Calgary / London, 18 February 2022. – Research and development, technology service and consulting firm, Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC),  contracted UK satellite and ground-support equipment manufacturer, Exobotics, to provide one 12U CubeSat platform and custom payload development services for GEC’s upcoming missions.

The platform includes new sub-systems developed by the company that make deep space missions possible. These include solar panels, startrackers, imagers, and payload computers.

GEC’s DOGE-1 mission to the Moon will be the first crypto currency funded space mission. It is also going to be the first time that a CubeSat is sent into a lunar orbit.

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