Roccor has completed radio frequency testing of the helical L-band antenna (pictured) for the XVI mission, an Air Force Research Laboratory campaign to to demonstrate communications relay with a Link 16 terminal on a small satellite.

Roccor has completed radio frequency testing of the antenna scheduled for launch later this year on the satellite housing Viasat’s Link 16 military communications terminal.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...