AFRL spacecraft recurve launches on Virgin Orbit Space Force mission

Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Jul 07, 2022

The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate spaceflight experiment Recurve was launched July 2, 2022, from the Mojave Air and Space Port on the Virgin Orbit space system in California. The launch supported the U.S. Space Force's STP-S28A mission and carried six additional payloads for the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP). Recurve is the latest in several low-