{"id":18894,"date":"2020-11-04T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/04\/air-force-research-laboratory-open-new-space-lab\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:03:44","slug":"air-force-research-laboratory-open-new-space-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2020\/11\/04\/air-force-research-laboratory-open-new-space-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force opens new space lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a lab focused on developing materials for new deployable space structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Construction on the Deployable Structures Laboratory, or DeSel, began in December 2019 and opened Oct. 29, 2020. Scientists and engineers moving into the $4 million lab at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, will continue the work of the Spacecraft Component Technology Center of Excellence, which has a history of developing spacecraft structure materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeSel contains specialized equipment and a climate-controlled, vibration-isolated laboratory capable of testing spacecraft structures up to 20-by-15 meters, allowing AFRL to further research and develop high-strain composite materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2020\/08\/04\/the-air-forces-experimental-navigation-satellite-cleared-for-fabrication\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3Harris-Corp-NTS-3j.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Air Force\u2019s experimental navigation satellite cleared for fabrication<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navigation Technology Satellite\u20133 is an Air Force Vanguard program  being developed to demonstrate new positioning, navigation and timing technologies that will inform how future GPS satellites work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m excited to have a facility that was specifically built for testing novel deployable space structures,\u201d Benjamin Urioste, research engineer and lead for the Integrated Structural Systems team, said in a statement. \u201cWith the push toward 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis new class of high strain composite enabled structures requires new ground test facilities,\u201d he added. \u201cSatellite deployments are nerve-wracking, one-shot endeavors and the high-fidelity ground testing that will take place in the DeSel is critical to ensuring on-orbit success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spacecraft Technologies Division chief Mark Roverse said the structures, made possible by high strain composites, &#8220;will enable new mission paradigms for the U.S. Space Force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAFRL has led development of high strain composites for deployed spacecraft structures, and we are excited to see the new mission capabilities that are being enabled,\u201d Roverse added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One spacecraft in development that will benefit from these new structures is AFRL\u2019s Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstration and Research project. With the SSPIDR project, the lab wants to build a spacecraft capable of collecting solar energy on orbit and then transmitting that energy to forward-operating bases via radio frequency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop Grumman was awarded a $100 million contract to support space-based experiments informing SSPIDR\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/05\/07\/here-are-a-few-of-the-experiments-hitching-a-ride-on-the-air-forces-secret-space-plane\/\" target=_blank>testing that technology on the X-37B<\/a>, the service\u2019s secretive spacecraft, but DeSel\u2019s work will provide the materials needed to build the SSPIDR craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis innovative research will help us to deliver the essential energy our warfighters need at the right place at the right time,\u201d explained Col. 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