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A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time

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July 9, 2026 • 55 views
Original source: The Next Web
A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time

The nuclear age has quietly reached commercial spaceflight. City Labs, a Miami firm, has launched BOHR, which it calls the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and the first nuclear CubeSat. The craft is about the size of a softball. It flew on …

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