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Some of us may consider this reminiscent of a chrome-plated exhaust manifold from a 20th century vehicle known as a Ford Mustang.

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The Teslarati article SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy flies a complex mission for the Air Force in launch video discusses the upcoming third Falcon Heavy mission STP-2 and links to the SpaceX (unlisted?) video STP-2 Animation.

Prior to propulsive passivation (What is "propulsive passivation" and why will the SpaceX STP-2 mission do it?) the strangely-shaped DSX payload is deployed.

Question: Telsarati points out that SpaceX has a special website for this payload: https://www.spacex.com/stp-2 and there is a detailed image there as well as a detailed explanation of experiments. But I don't understand (at least) two things:

1. Why is DSX two satellites connected by a ring?
2. What are all those tubes on box on the right (image below)?

Reminiscent of a chrome-plated exhaust manifold from a 20th century vehicle.

The Teslarati article SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy flies a complex mission for the Air Force in launch video discusses the upcoming third Falcon Heavy mission STP-2 and links to the SpaceX (unlisted?) video STP-2 Animation.

Prior to propulsive passivation (What is "propulsive passivation" and why will the SpaceX STP-2 mission do it?) the strangely-shaped DSX payload is deployed.

Question: Telsarati points out that SpaceX has a special website for this payload: https://www.spacex.com/stp-2 and there is a detailed image there as well as a detailed explanation of experiments. But I don't understand (at least) two things:

1. Why is DSX two satellites connected by a ring?
2. What are all those tubes on box on the right (image below)?

Some of us may consider this reminiscent of a chrome-plated exhaust manifold.

The Teslarati article SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy flies a complex mission for the Air Force in launch video discusses the upcoming third Falcon Heavy mission STP-2 and links to the SpaceX (unlisted?) video STP-2 Animation.

Prior to propulsive passivation (What is "propulsive passivation" and why will the SpaceX STP-2 mission do it?) the strangely-shaped DSX payload is deployed.

Question: Telsarati points out that SpaceX has a special website for this payload: https://www.spacex.com/stp-2 and there is a detailed image there as well as a detailed explanation of experiments. But I don't understand (at least) two things:

1. Why is DSX two satellites connected by a ring?
2. What are all those tubes on box on the right (image below)?

Some of us may consider this reminiscent of a chrome-plated exhaust manifold from a 20th century vehicle known as a Ford Mustang.

vs

The Teslarati article SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy flies a complex mission for the Air Force in launch video discusses the upcoming third Falcon Heavy mission STP-2 and links to the SpaceX (unlisted?) video STP-2 Animation.

Prior to propulsive passivation (What is "propulsive passivation" and why will the SpaceX STP-2 mission do it?) the strangely-shaped DSX payload is deployed.

Question: Telsarati points out that SpaceX has a special website for this payload: https://www.spacex.com/stp-2 and there is a detailed image there as well as a detailed explanation of experiments. But I don't understand (at least) two things:

1. Why is DSX two satellites connected by a ring?
2. What are all those tubes on box on the right (image below)?

The Teslarati article SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy flies a complex mission for the Air Force in launch video discusses the upcoming third Falcon Heavy mission STP-2 and links to the SpaceX (unlisted?) video STP-2 Animation.

Prior to propulsive passivation (What is "propulsive passivation" and why will the SpaceX STP-2 mission do it?) the strangely-shaped DSX payload is deployed.

Question: Telsarati points out that SpaceX has a special website for this payload: https://www.spacex.com/stp-2 and there is a detailed image there as well as a detailed explanation of experiments. But I don't understand (at least) two things:

1. Why is DSX two satellites connected by a ring?
2. What are all those tubes on box on the right (image below)?

Some of us may consider this reminiscent of a chrome-plated exhaust manifold.

The Teslarati article SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy flies a complex mission for the Air Force in launch video discusses the upcoming third Falcon Heavy mission STP-2 and links to the SpaceX (unlisted?) video STP-2 Animation.

Prior to propulsive passivation (What is "propulsive passivation" and why will the SpaceX STP-2 mission do it?) the strangely-shaped DSX payload is deployed.

Question: Telsarati points out that SpaceX has a special website for this payload: https://www.spacex.com/stp-2 and there is a detailed image there as well as a detailed explanation of experiments. But I don't understand (at least) two things:

1. Why is DSX two satellites connected by a ring?
2. What are all those tubes on box on the right (image below)?