NanoRacks Can Provide In-Space Services Thanks to a GSA Schedule Contract Award
As a services provider under this contract, NanoRacks is able to provide its customer-driven in-space services to federal agencies at a pre-negotiated...
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AireonSM Global Air Traffic Surveillance System Gets Closer to Complete Deployment
When the Aireon payloads from the fifth launch come online, the system will have nearly global coverage with 15-minute or better update intervals.This signifies optimal timing...
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Launches a Dragon with Supplies, Experiments and a Net and Harpoon for Cleaning Up Space
The second capture experiment will see a harpoon launched at a deployable target plate ... the first harpoon capture in orbit.
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Plans for Satellite Life Extension and In-Space Servicing Missions Announced by Orbital ATK / SpaceLogistics
During a keynote address at Satellite 2018, Orbital ATK President and CEO David W. Thompson and SpaceLogistics President Tom L. Wilson introduced
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ILS to Drive Two Effective Space SPACE DRONE™ Satellite Servicing Spacecraft to Orbit
The SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft is a 400 kg. spacecraft (1m x 1m x 1.25m) that has a universal, non-intrusive docking system to rendezvous...
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Orbital ATK’s Multiple Presentations Include the New Robotic Satellite Servicing Vehicle at Satellite 2018<br />
The company will also feature small national security satellite systems such as ESPAStar™ and ESPASat™.
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NSR Reveals In-Orbit Servicing Never Died, In Fact It’s Alive and Making a Comeback
Space Logistics' LLC second, and Effective Space Solutions' first customer, indicates In-Orbit Servicing is making a comeback, to stay this time.
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Bigelow Space Operations Inauguration Announced
With the two launches of B330-1 and B330-2 expected in 2021, the time is now in 2018 to initiate BSO activity. These single structures that house...
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NASA’s Kodiak’s Test Proves Self-Driving Robotic Servicer Can Extend Satellite’s Lifespan
Once it locates its target, it can use dexterous robotic arms and software to autonomously grasp, refuel, and relocate a satellite.<br />
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On Orbit Sustainment Record Set by the EUTELSAT 16C (formerly SESAT) Satellite
A global success story for EUTELSAT— designed for a contractual orbital life of 10 years, the EUTELSAT 16C/SESAT telecommunications satellite...
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