The Novawurks Experiment for Cellular Integration Technologies, or Excite, launched in 2018 to test the company’s modular satellite architecture in low-Earth orbit. Each modular satellite component, now called Slego, provides functions like data, power and thermal management. Credit: Novawurks Credit: Novawurks

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Space Force awarded a $1.6 million contract to a team led by Southern California startup Arkisys to demonstrate robotic satellite assembly.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...