An orbital servicing concept, especially for Columbus, based on an Ariane 5 logistics vehicle (ALV) is shown to be feasible. The ALV concept meets all the performance requirements, including safety for transporting logistics resupplies to the space station elements. Deletion of the ALV capability ...
A growing in-orbit servicing opportunity is tempting satellite builders to branch out of communications, imagery, and other standard fare to get a foothold in this emerging market. So far this year, Astroscale, Starfish, and Clearspace have raised around $119 million in total for their in-orbit...
Astroscale has raised more than $376 million to date for a business hoping to make in-orbit servicing routine by the end of the decade. Its investors include Japanese satellite maker Mitsubishi Electric, which islooking into adding compatible docking platesto national security spacecraft. Other in-...
Nobu Okada, founder and CEO of Astroscale said, “Astroscale is committed to contributing to space debris removal to secure orbital sustainability for future generations and the In-Orbit Servicing Control Facility is a key component of our mission. We are excited to move forward on this innovative...
“In-Orbit servicing will bring a new approach to access to space.” “With these new vehicles, we will witness a real paradigm shift from a “stationary space” to a space that is on the contrary dynamic” says Morena Bernardini, Director of New Business for Thales Alenia Space...
Spacecraft modular architecture design for on-orbit servicing The Spacecraft Modular Architecture Design (SMAD) Concept involves the use of an on-orbit servicing vehicle to replace and/or replenish components on a spa... CM Reynerson - IEEE...
Astroscale U.S. is back with another webinar, and this time they are co-hosting withSecure World Foundationand covering… on-orbit servicing! On-orbit servicing is generating a lot of conversation and excitement — but what does it really mean and include? What are the challenges, opportunities...
(ssco), formed in 2009 at nasa goddard space flight center. the team is known for its previous experience planning and executing five highly successful servicing missions for the hubble space telescope. the past and future of service in the forty years since the dangerous repairs due to the ...
Orbit change, rendezvous and docking, telemanipulator operations, automatic sample exchange, and automatic re-entry elements are applicable for the servicing equipment of a materials processing space platform, the orbital transfer and servicing system, and the re-entry vehicle (REV). Economic and ...
The United States military's high-technology branch is hoping to test out on-orbit satellite servicing in orbit in the next five years. Satellites that sit in geostationary orbit, which is about 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Earth, are traditionally used for communications and ...