Two of the 4 CubeSats deployed by Artemis II failed to enter proper orbit. ...

2026-04-04 13:16:01 UTC

Two of the 4 CubeSats deployed by Artemis II failed to enter proper orbit.

Successfully deployed:

TACHELES, German Space Agency
Space Weather CubeSat-1, Saudi Space Agency

Failed to enter proper orbit:

K-RadCube, Korea AeroSpace Admin
ATENEA, Argentina's Space Agency

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