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BenchSat During the July 2018 Operations Readiness Test

BenchSat During the July 2018 Operations Readiness Test
BenchSat During the July 2018 Operations Readiness Test BenchSat, seen here during an Operational Readiness Test (ORT) in July 2018, is an acrylic-mounted, deconstructed replica of LightSail 2 used for testing. The ORT, which was successful, used BenchSat as part of a dress rehearsal simulating key mission events. The Planetary Society