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Spaceflight’s New Sherpa-AC Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Is Being Prepared For Launch

Spaceflight is preparing to debut the company’s new Sherpa-AC vehicle on the upcoming Transporter 5 rideshare mission.

Spaceflight’s Sherpa-AC (named for its “Attitude Control” capabilities) augments the base Sherpa model (the free flying Sherpa-FX) with key capabilities that include a flight computer, attitude knowledge and control, making this spacecraft ideal for servicing hosted payloads.

The Sherpa-AC will be onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 that is scheduled to launch to SSO on May 25, 2022, at 2:35 p.m., ET, from Cape Canaveral.

Organizations on Spaceflight’s Transporter 5 mission include Xona Space’s Huginn, NearSpace Launch Inc.’s TROOP-3, MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Agile Micro Sat (AMS), and Missile Defense Agency’s CNCE B2.