City Labs launches first commercial betavoltaic satellite (heise.de)

• First commercial nuclear-powered satellite and first nuclear-powered CubeSat.
• Payload powered by betavoltaic tritium source; bus by solar panels.
• Launched as SpaceX rideshare; company stresses safety and low radiation.

"US company City Labs has placed the first commercial nuclear-powered satellite, named Bohr, into orbit. The CubeSat uses tritium decay to generate electricity for its payload while the bus is solar-powered. It was launched as a rideshare mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9. City Labs' NanoTritium technology enables continuous operation independent of sunlight."