This is Editorialised headline. Headline should be
Redwire Awarded $44 Million DARPA Contract to Advance Very Low-Earth Orbit Mission
Edit: And for those who are downvoting, it is actually in the guideline for submission. Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
How is this a spacecraft? It can't ever leave orbit of a planet with an atmosphere.
Neither could the space shuttle but surely that's a spacecraft. Why would it have to leave a planet to count?
Most spacecraft we know of never left the Earth orbit anyway.
This is Editorialised headline. Headline should be
Redwire Awarded $44 Million DARPA Contract to Advance Very Low-Earth Orbit Mission
Edit: And for those who are downvoting, it is actually in the guideline for submission. Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
To those wondering, this is about using the thin air of near space to maintain orbit, not Skylon/SABRE-style air-breathing launch vehicle.
See GOCE sat for reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOCE