Redwire (RDW) announced it has been awarded a contract by Orion Space Solutions to deliver a Mako spacecraft to support Tetra-6, a U.S. Space Force, USSF, Space Systems Command, SSC, mission. The Tetra-6 mission is a follow-on contract to the USSF/Air Force Research Laboratory Tetra-5 mission, for which Redwire is delivering two Mako spacecraft. The Mako spacecraft for the Tetra-5 and Tetra-6 missions will be the first satellite in geosynchronous orbit to be refueled and demonstrate compatibility with multiple available refueling mechanisms.

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