SMRTR TechApr 30, 2025Interesting Engineering

French startup turns jetliner into space weapon platform for satellite defense

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Dark, a French startup, is developing Interceptor, a spacecraft designed to counter orbital military threats, with plans to demonstrate its capabilities in a 2027 rendezvous mission launched from a modified commercial aircraft.

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