On January 13, 2022, NSL celebrated a 3U smallsat launch by Virgin Orbit’s Launcher One and its 747 aircraft “Cosmic Girl.” GEARRS-3 was the third cubesat to launch in partnership with AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory) and SSC-STP (U.S. Space Systems Command- Space Test Program (STP)-3) to test experimental Satellite-To-Satellite communication systems and tracking.