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First Payload Commissioning Completed by Apex

Downlinks “Satellite Selfie,” as Part of Its Aries Call to Adventure Mission

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Tom Patton
Apr 02, 2024
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A “satellite selfie,” an image taken by its Aries SN1 spacecraft, has been publicly released by Los Angeles-based spacecraft manufacturing company Apex. The photograph was taken by a payload owned by Apex, which completed commissioning last week.

“This selfie demonstrates that all our satellite’s subsystems are working well both individually and together…

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