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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Airborne Launch Assist Space Access, or ALASA, program is developing a much-less expensive way to routinely launch small satellites, with a goal of at least a threefold reduction in costs compared to current military and U.S. commercial launch costs. DoD illustration

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Airborne Launch Assist Space Access, or ALASA, program is developing a much-less expensive way to routinely launch small satellites, with a goal of at least a threefold reduction in costs compared to current military and U.S. commercial launch costs. DoD illustration

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