AFRL TECH: Space Test Program-2
The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully put new technologies into space, June 25, 2020 as part of the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP-2) mission, managed by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carried 24 experimental satellites into space, including the Green Propellant Infusion Mission spacecraft, which enables the first ever on-orbit demonstration of the AFRL developed Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant. Also part of the STP-2 mission was AFRL's Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft. The first of its kind globally, the DSX flight experiment will conduct new research to advance DOD's understanding of the processes governing the Van Allen radiation belts and the effect they have on spacecraft components.