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Have you guys thought of borrowing a page from the in-flight tanker/jet refueling playbook and having hot-swappable battery packs that would enable multi-year in-situ sorties with a dedicated swap aircraft or would it just be cheaper to send a replacement vehicle up to rendezvous and take over when it's time to swap out?

I imagine that with the general improvements in high cycle-count rechargeable battery chemistry and power/weight density improvements the payloads and sortie lengths would get pretty attractive even in the 4-5 year technology horizon.

What is the commercial application for this? What is the economy vs LEO satellite constellations? What is the expected equipment payload and cost of the 110ft wingspan prototype?