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PolicyMay 1, 2026WinWinner: DARPAAwarded by: SpaceNewsMajor Win

DARPA selects three companies for lunar orbiter studies

DARPA selects three companies for lunar orbiter studies
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DARPA has awarded contracts to three companies to study concepts for a lunar mission to search for water ice in very low orbits.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to three companies to study concepts for a lunar mission to search for water ice in very low orbits.

DARPA announced last year the Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) program.

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