The System F6 space architecture replaces the traditional monolithic spacecraft with a wireless “virtual spacecraft†operating as a cluster of modules
Orbital Sciences Corporation, a world leader in smaller-sized civil government and national security satellites, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase 2 contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, VA, to develop the final design for “System F6†(Future Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft).