Boeing Readies For First Ever Conjoined Satellite Launch

Zothecula writes Boeing has successfully joined two of its 702SP satellites in a stacked configuration in preparation for a launch scheduled for early 2015. Aside from being the first involving conjoined satellites, the launch will also put the first satellites to enter service boasting an all-electric propulsion system into orbit. "Designed by Boeing Network & Space Systems and its defense and security advanced prototyping arm, Phantom Works, the 702SP (small platform) satellites are an evolution of the company's 702 satellite. Operating in the low- to mid-power ranges of 3 to 9 kW, instead of chemical propulsion, the satellites boast an all-electric propulsion system that Boeing says minimizes the mass of the spacecraft and maximizes payload capacity."

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Sensitive, I like it.

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

"Conjoined?" Good.

TBF, given globalization, part of it, even marginally, was probably actually built in Siam. So it wouldn't be a stretch to call it Siamese...