... Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) docked with the Intelsat 901 communications satellite marking a new era of in-orbit servicing (IOS). The MEV is designed to assist up to eight spacecraft over a 15-year operational lifetime. IOS could prove...
... designed to be maintained. SBSP will be designed for this and help to pave the way for new international in-orbit service standards and industry-standard interfaces. As these space shipping containers arrive at the SPS construction site, they...
... design. Effective Space is developing a unique, small spacecraft to extend the life of satellites in orbit, based on the vision to provide logistics services in the rapidly growing space economy. To this end, it has developed a unique and patented...
... of expanding commercial activities in space. Many other commercial applications, such as commercial space stations, on-orbit servicing and on-orbit fuel depots may be approaching viability in the coming years. Governments must consider how they will...
...and Ariane 6 launcher families, is already a leader in state-of-the-art propulsion technologies and the Arclight’s customisable in orbit service modes will assist the SPACE DRONE™ in completing its various mission phases. Speaking of the announcement...
... areas of commercial development likely to benefit from these most recent launch developments will be propellant depots, robotics, in-orbit servicing and the placement of computing resources off planet. Jeff Bezos, of Amazon and Blue Origin, has long...