... trillions of dollars in 20 years’ time. In January this year, market research firm, Northern Sky Research, published its In-Orbit Servicing Markets report that concluded that by 2028 the market will be worth US$3 billion, with life extension driving...
... barriers, it relies on one or more systems that are largely unproven technologies. By contrast, the related technology of on-orbit servicing (OOS) is already a reality on the International Space Station (ISS) in the form of the station’s robotic...
...is necessary “to revise the terms of further participation in the program” and focus on the implementation of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), which is currently being developed at RSC Energia. ROSS is expected to consist of three to seven...
... underwriting decisions and premium requirements for satellites with such features. The down-side of on-orbit servicing Whilst the benefits of on-orbit servicing are clear, and the technology goals attainable, there are other challenges that have...
... challenging but ultimately with lucrative potential. In this new, commercial and competitive regime the most successful in-orbit servicing technologies will be those that are most widely applicable to candidate spacecraft, and those that are the...
... and both non-tumbling and tumbling capture. ELSA-d will be operated from the newly-developed National In-orbit Servicing Control Centre Facility based at the Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell, UK. The Control Centre is being developed...