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Arachne, the first of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s SSPIDR flight experiments, is comprised of Helios and SSPRITE. SSPRITE and its supporting components (shown in purple) conduct Arachne’s power beaming mission, while Helios (shown in orange) serves as the spacecraft bus which hosts and provides resources to SSPRITE. (Image courtesy of AFRL)

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