Articles tagged: Satellite lifespan

• April 2018 Servicing the space economy

  ... more years of operations. Hardware developed for NASA’s Robotic Refuelling Mission on the International Space Station. Maximising satellite lifespan Our market research tells us customers want an average of five years more use from their...

  • GEO
  • In-orbit servicing
  • Satellite lifespan
  • satellites
  • Space economy
  Authors: Arie Halsband    
• September 2021 Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy

  ... and Manufacturing 1), a robotic spacecraft equipped with the tools, technologies and techniques needed to extend satellites’ lifespans, even if they were not designed to be serviced in orbit. Growth potential In-orbit servicing is expected to become...

  • ASTROSCALE
  • In-orbit servicing
  • In-orbit servicing and manufacturing
  • IOS
  • IOSM
  Authors: Harriet Brettle     Sam Adlen    
• 18 December 2019 US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved

  ... RESTORE-L program. RESTORE-L is a robotic spacecraft equipped with the tools and technologies needed to extend satellites' lifespans. This programme budget includes monies for the completion of SPIDER, a SPace Infrastructure DExterous Robot (SPIDER...

  • Artemis
  • Moon 2024
  • NASA
  • The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
  • WFIRST