Traditionally, structural, thermal management, and electronic functions have been fabricated into separate components and then bolted together to form the spacecraft. MFS can replace that process. Also onboard STRV-1 is an advanced experimental device that guards spacecraft against radiation.
Radiation can overload microcircuits and cause their transistors to shut down-permanently.
Dead transistors mean dead spacecraft. Arianespace launched STRV-1 from French Guiana. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Space Test Program provided launch liaison for AFRL experiments.