Zero Hedge: The Next Area 51? Space Force Opens New Lab For Testing 'Novel Space Vehicles'The new @AFresearchlab Deployable Structures Laboratory at @KIRTLAND377ABW will be used for testing novel deployable space structures in support of both @usairforce & @SpaceForceDoD R&D efforts. #spacehttps://t.co/rTioOx2C6Q
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The US Air Force recently announced the opening of a new high-tech lab which it says will be used by the recently established Space Force (USSF) to test advanced materials and designs for space vehicles such as satellites and spacecraft.
The new lab facility is located at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and is called Deployable Structures Laboratory (DeSel): "I’m excited to have a facility that was specifically built for testing novel deployable space structures," the chief of the lab's Integrated Structural Systems team Benjamin Urioste announced Monday.
"With the push towards hybrid architecture and smaller satellites, high packing efficiency structures and the ability to bring large satellite capability to small satellites is more important than ever," Urioste added. Further according to the press release:
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