Agile Space Industries
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A propulsion solutions provider, specializing in hypergolic propellants.
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Hot fire testing of our
#A110
thruster from earlier this week. Inside view of our vacuum chamber in our Sunshine Test Stand.
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Our manufacturing processes allow us to pick our metal alloys based on properties, not manufacturability.
This gives our thrusters lower heat signatures making spacecraft harder to detect through thermal imaging, perfect for missions requiring stealth.
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A2200 our 2224 N thrust, Bipropellant Engine.
A engine being used on lunar landers with a fully downloadable spec sheet.
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A110 is a 111.2 ± 4.45 N, over 50% 3D printed bipropellant in-space thruster. It increases lander payload by 20-40kg compared to legacy thrusters used for spacecraft attitude control and ΔV maneuvers. Read more about A110 here:
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A110 our 111 N thrust, Bipropellant thruster. The engine being used on both the Astrobotic Griffin and ispace Apex 1.0 lunar landers has a fully downloadable spec sheet.
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#A110
back on the stand! This test resulted in a 27.5 second burn within our Sunshine Test Stand vacuum chamber; all things nominal, burn went well.
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View of the A110 thruster being hotfired in our vacuum chamber.
Our 'Sunshine' Test Stand in Durango Colorado is built to simulate space like conditions to hotfire our in-space engines and thrusters.
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We are in production of A110 thrusters, building them for multiple spacecraft.
These will be landing on the moon!
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M4 our 4 N (0.9 lbf) thrust monopropellant thruster, our recently announced engine has a downloadable spec sheet.
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With over 7,000 hotfire tests performed at our facility in Durango, CO, we confidently deliver a suite of in-space propulsion solutions with the reliability and confidence that our customers seek.
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Detailed photos of the A2200, LE144, and A110 nozzles.
The satisfying textures of additive manufacturing space hardware.
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We are proud of all the hard work and amazing achievements demonstrated by the
@ispace_inc
@ispace_HAKUTO_R
team.
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Awesome video from the shop floor.
Cutting a thruster chamber from the buildblate in deionized water.
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Do you dream of building rockets? We're opening fall internship positions on our design, manufacturing, and test teams.
Apply at:
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When building mission-enabling thrusters, all aspects of our engine design is valued. We build engines that are not just memorable for their performance but also visually appealing. Shaping the future and propelling humanity.
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Congratulations to
@ispace_inc
on the announcements on Apex 1.0 and the Grand Opening of the new Denver location of ispace - USA.
We are grateful and proud to be your propulsion partner in your mission to expand our planet and expand our future.
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Message from CEO Chris Pearson on recent news.
"...We know that in-space propulsion is a core strategic technology, that will be integral to efforts to establish situational awareness in the space domain, let alone counter active threats..."
Read more:
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We completed and passed the Critical Design Review (CDR) on an axial engine being developed for a lunar lander for the CLPS program.
To the Moon!
Read more about our thrusters:
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We are over the moon to announce that our A110 Lunar RCS thruster is qualified for flight.
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🌒 Big update from us today … Aerospace leaders
@Astrobotic
, ispace technologies, &
@mastenspace
have selected
@agile_space
technology to power their lunar landers. Learn more about how we are making the return to the moon a reality.🚀
#spaceexploration
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Sunrise views from our hot fire test site in Durango CO.
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We are excited to announce Sierra Space as one of our customers. Having developed, manufactured, and delivered a preburner for their new VRM5500-H engine.
Read more:
Sierra Space has successfully tested a new 5,500 lbf hypergolic rocket engine allowing for precise control and maneuverability.
The VRM5500-H engine uses a highly innovative burner designed and developed by
@agile_space
.
Press Release:
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With the nation's sights on the Moon again. Technology has come a long way since the original race to the Moon in the 1960s. This is driven by innovative companies like AGILE, whose new generation of thrusters are powering lunar landers.
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Our additive process takes what would have been a 7 mo lead time with subtractive manufacturing and truncates it down to just 8 weeks. Shown are several A110s made of C103 niobium alloy.
This is the power of
#AGILEspace
manufacturing and development.
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This week we moved into our new 1,860-square-meter building. The new AGILE Space HQ, propulsion design, manufacturing, and production facility in Durango, CO!
Our team has been doing a fantastic job helping out and supporting the transition.
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Agile is excited to add three interns to the team this summer.
Jack Costello (
@Costello_jack99
) from Purdue
Carly Frea from Ohio State University
Danny Kolano from Columbia University
Even if they can't be here in person for a while, we are glad to have them on board! 🚀
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Happy holidays from our team here at Agile Space to the rest of you. May your holiday celebrations have enough propulsion to sleigh all day and sleigh all night!
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New texture photos of A2200 engine.
The additively manufactured throttling 500-lbf bipropellant hypergolic engine.
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Prints from multiple different engines during different stages of the additive manufacturing process. We are currently capable of up to 9 different print alloys. This way we are able to build depending on the hardware and mission requirements.
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Deep Space transportation, here we come!
3 new milestones announced: First LE144 thruster sale, new customer, new destination in space.
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Ever wonder what our flight hardware ready for its lunar destination looks like ready for shipping to be assembled into the spacecraft?
*Noted: mission documentation not photographed. There is a lot of documentation inside the shipped container that was removed for the photo*
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Way to go Odie! The entire team at Agile watched excitedly as
@Int_Machines
returned America to the moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Congratulations to the team! We can’t wait to watch the next one!
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We're hiring a Data Acquisition Engineer! Help advance our state of the art test stand that can log at data over 200kHz. The position is located full time in beautiful Durango, CO with benefits.
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This summer Agile was joined by five very awesome interns. Interns at Agile Space Industries are integrated directly into our engineering teams and work across our company in Design, Analysis, Manufacturing Engineering, and Test Engineering roles. Everyone does important work.
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A view inside the Sunshine vacuum test chamber during a hot fire test of the A110 thruster.
Our Sunshine Test Stand is named after the Sunshine Mountain in the San Juan Range.
You could say the Colorado landscape has a heavy influence on our work and culture.
Read more about Sunshine and hot fire testing here:
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First snow of the season at the headquarters in Durango, CO.
The whole team is buzzing with excitement as this means the local winter sports will kick into action. The office morale is high.
Always a great day at AGILE to be building rockets and prepping for the weekend.
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POV: You're watching newly printed thrusters emerge from the depowdering station in our additive manufacturing facility in Mt Pleasant PA.
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Thrusters, rocket engines, and prop systems designed, 3D printed, and hotfired all under one roof.
Being able to develop, qualify, and deliver new capabilities quickly depending on mission criteria.
We are rapidly changing the landscape of the in-space propulsion market.
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(Physically) Big things happening at Agile Space.
More info coming soon...
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Welcoming
@LockheedMartin
Ventures, Agile thanks all investors.
The fruit of those seeds are world-leading test, additive manufacturing and design capabilities that are Agile’s edge in rapidly developing, qualifying and delivering propulsion solutions.
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We’re excited to announce the latest addition to our product line, the M4 thruster.
The M4 is a hydrazine monopropellant thruster ideal for providing attitude and positioning control for smaller spacecraft.
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More footage of the
#A110
thruster during a hot fire test conducted several days ago. The test cell in our hot fire footage is an altitude simulation vacuum chamber.
The video on the right shows thermal camera data during the test.
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Might be coming close to the end of the year but the Agile Space team is still in full throttle mode.
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New year, new prints.
Our printers have been running everyday this year so far. We are very excited about our current programs.
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Latest update from
@NASASpaceflight
on the
@Astrobotic
Griffin Lunar lander powered by our A110 thrusters.
@agile_space
rocket engines provide reliability, accuracy, and mission success.
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Huge thank you to our interns Bryce L, Robin H, Denzel F, Eliot W, Insuh N, Izzy G, Jack W, Kenny O, Michael W, Talal Z, Vishal R! They were all amazing. We are proud to call you part of the AGILE team.
Sad to see you go, but happy to see you all grow brighter in your careers.
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With more and more contracts being signed, here is a breakdown of the in-space locations where Agile Space thrusters are being used.
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Agile has opened up applications for our summer internships!
We are looking for interns in Propulsion Test Engineering, Propulsion Design, Production Engineering, and Management.
Applications close February 21st at Midnight MST.
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A2200 is setting a new standard in chemical in-space propulsion.
"This engine will enable a new generation to explore the lunar surface and unlock the riches and secrets of the lunar south pole" -
@Astro_Chuck
READ MORE:
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We are always reaching higher, raising the bar, and pushing the boundaries of what is the standard in aerospace.
Now introducing...
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Shane Cullen, from Embry Riddle University in Prescott, is doing design and analysis for the A110 Attitude Control Thruster.
@Shanepc14
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Jack Costello, from Purdue University, is returning to Agile for his second summer as a manufacturing engineer and has been leading the manufacturing engineering efforts for the A110 Attitude Control Thruster.
@Costello_jack99
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Progress update on NASA's VIPER Rover.
NASA’s VIPER prototype motors got put through a Moon-like obstacle course.
This
#LunarRover
is headed to the lunar surface via Astrobotic’s Griffin lander, powered by
#AGILESpace
Industries.
#artemis
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Solving propulsion challenges with groundbreaking speed and performance.
Agile Space: the industry leader.
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Did you know that we have run over 7,000 hot fire tests? We are able to simulate up to 120,000 ft altitude as needed for specific program requirements in our hot fire chamber.
It is normal to have several rocket engine hot fires in a week here at AGILE.
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For the first time since the Space Technologies Lab completed their Critical Design Review for the Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine,
@agile_space
A2200 US-built throttling hypergolic lunar lander engine has completed its CDR.
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#3Dprinting
allows us to design and manufacture engines that would not be possible with traditional subtractive manufacturing. We’ve found our additive advantage has resulted in better performance, lower mass, and shorter lead times for our customer.
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Q1 has been extremely busy. We construct a test stand, develop new engines, expand our manufacturing facilities, and onboarded new employees. We’ve doubled our workforce in 3 months! The team has been feeling the pressure, so our CEO declared Thursday an official powder day!
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We are reducing lead times on in-space chemical thrusters from the aerospace industry's standard 24 months down to 3-6 months.
We are the engine manufacturer that is changing the landscape of in-space chemical propulsion.
Read more about what we do:
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Happy
#WorldEngineersDay
!
We are so grateful for our Engineering teams. The AGILE Space dream would not be here without them.
#GoingToThe
Moon!
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Space may be harsh, but we're advancing in-space propulsion with a state-of-the-art, vertically integrated process of manufacturing, production, & testing. Providing unparalleled standards & on-time delivery that is needed for space. Working for a brighter future.
#AGILEspace
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This week we will be conducting 5 different hot fire test operations for different engines at our test facility.
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We're excited to announce that our base model DS45 MON-25/MMH Thruster is now available for sale with a single unit price of $75,000! Volume, fleet, & constellation discounts are available + we offer additional support for EDUs & NGOs. Contact info
@agilespace
.pro for details.
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Our Sunshine Test Stand is named after the Sunshine Mountain in the San Juan Range.
You could say the Colorado landscape has a heavy influence on our work and culture.
Read more about Sunshine and hot fire testing here:
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Today is an exciting day for the AGILE team as most of us are beginning the move into the new AGILE Space HQ, propulsion design, manufacturing, and production building of 20,000+ sq ft in Durango, CO!
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Incredibly proud of the team for completing production of the final A110 thruster units for the Griffin lunar lander.
Next stop: assembly, and then the moon!
A special thank you to the core A110 team (pictured) who were the driving force behind this program.
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MERCH DROP!
Agile Space Merch is now available on our website:
We are just excited about this as you are.
NOW LIVE: our Classic Collection!
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Our 2020 Summer Internship postings are up! Live in beautiful Durango, CO and design/test rocket engines! Salary + Housing included.
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We're excited to continue developing this technology for a variety of applications, including lunar sample return, in space manuvering, and kick stages.
Brief life update: I'm developing 3d printed titanium hypergol tanks for lunar ascent vehicles on an
@NASA
contract!
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Did you know we conducted 518 hot fire tests this year?
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What is the preburner that we developed for the
@SierraSpaceCo
VRM5500-H engine, and how does it work?
Let's dig into the details of the AX19 preburner, which we developed in 19 weeks for the largest-ever in-space bipropellant hydrazine engine.
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Design, development, manufacturing, and testing is all done in house here at Agile between our three locations in both Durango CO and Pittsburgh PA. Keeping production agile, dynamic, and responsive for our customers. Doing things the Agile Space way.
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✅ Our printers are actively running on the production line.
How the PBF process works: metal powder is spread, then melted and fused with a laser or electron beam in layers. This process is repeated to create the thruster or engine.
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People ask why Agile Space was founded in Durango instead of the Denver area, seeing the breathtaking nature answers everything.
Stunning video of the
@DSNGRR
just outside the city is by Corey Meeks (Business Operations Manager at Agile Space)
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International Women's Day (
#IWD2024
) is to celebrate the achievements of those around us and
#InspireInclusion
. 13% of aero engineers, and 3% of prop engineers are women. We are extremely proud of our team and the work they do here at Agile Space.
Propelling humanity forward.
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With all the A2200 buzz, we thought we would let you know that a A2200 drawing tee is available in our merch store.
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New contract win with
@SpaceWERXDOD
to develop Mobile Payload Processing Center
Our mobile processing units will provide a secure, safe, and clean environment for responsive, on-demand USG launches.
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At Agile we have conducted 8 hot fire tests in the past two weeks on one of our rocket engines at our on-site test facility. Totaling 14 pulses and loads of data for of team of test engineers to process and analyze. A day in the life at
@agile_space
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Because we have design, manufacturing, hot fire testing, and data analysis all in-house and fully vertically integrated, we possess a strong advantage. We are dynamic, agile, and capable of quickly pivoting to adapt and grow in response to the advancing developments in aerospace.
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In this time of gratitude, we want to share a message about Team Agile Space.
We are beyond proud to say that we have some of the most innovative, passionate, brilliant scientists, leaders, builders, and creative minds under our roof.
Thank you.
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We are excited to announce our acquisition of 3D printing innovator, Tronix3D and the formation of Agile Additive, wholly focused on advancing the state-of-the-art in additive manufacturing for aerospace.
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We’re pleased to welcome former
#NASA
astronaut Paul Richards to our Board of Directors! Paul brings 37 years in government, private industry, & academia to our fast-growing
#propulsion
design, manufacture, and test operations.🚀
#spacetechnology
#agile
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If you're a student or recent graduate looking for options this semester, AGILE is opening applications for remote intern/associate positions in the fall! Acceptance on a rolling basis.
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The
#AGILESpace
Sunshine Test Stand. This is our primary test facility though it is only one part of our testing facility. Having performed 7,000+ hot fire tests, simulating up to 120,000 ft of altitude. Multiple propellant capabilities with a range from -50°F to +160°F.
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Our in-space propulsion systems have been chosen for multiple lunar missions.
We provide lower mass and shorter timelines, completely manufactured and tested in-house. Making an AGILE Space engine the reliable engine a lunar mission needs.
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Happy Friday! After a full week of building rocket engines, we guarantee that some of our Durango, CO team will be hitting the trails.
As much as we are passionate about space exploration, we also love our planet.
Photo Credit: Jered Kopulos AGILE Assembly Technician.
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We've hit 3K followers! Thank you all for your excitement and interest in our work here at AGILE!
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A slightly different view of our A110 thruster (110N / 25 lbf) during hot fire.
With our iterative design process, we have engines hot firing on our test stand which simulate a space-like environment every week.
We never tire of this view. HBU?
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Maggie Lea, from Utah State University, is supporting design and analysis for our advanced thrusters.
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Rapid and iterative hotfire testing throughout development programs is our key to reducing risk early on. This high cadence testing anchors engine design, validates performance, and ensures reliable products.
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Katie Mulry, from The University of Texas at Austin, is working on test engineering and test operations for our thrusters.
@katie_mulry
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We are committed to solving propulsion challenges with groundbreaking speed and performance.
Our strength lies in our ability to develop thrusters that match your mission criteria with less mass and higher performance on a faster timeline.
We are agile.
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