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K2 Space announced Thursday that its first full satellite mission will fly a number of Department of Defence payloads under a $60 million contract.
That mission, called Gravitas , will fly no earlier than February 2026 .
The spacecraft will conduct operations in low Earth orbit ( LEO ) before raising its orbit to medium Earth orbit.
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