Tag: autonomous rendezvous
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Starfish Space and Impulse Space Demonstrate Autonomous RPO with Remora Mission
Overview: A Quiet Yet Groundbreaking RPO Demo In a move that quietly pushes the boundaries of orbital servicing, Starfish Space and Impulse Space conducted a joint rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) demonstration this year. Dubbed the Remora mission, the effort achieved a spacecraft-to-spacecraft approach within 1,250 meters of another vehicle, all accomplished autonomously. This milestone…
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NASA’s Bold Rescue: LINK Craft to Save the Swift Space Telescope in Orbit
Overview: A High-Stakes Orbital Rescue The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a workhorse in gamma-ray and X-ray astronomy, faces a precarious future as it ages in low Earth orbit. In a move that could redefine space maintenance, NASA has awarded a $30 million grant to Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff to design and deploy the LINK…
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NASA Funds Bold Rescue: LINK Craft to Boost Swift Observatory into Safer Orbit
Overview: A High-Stakes, High-Tech Rescue In a bold move that blends space policy, robotics, and deep space engineering, NASA has awarded $30 million to Katalyst Space Technologies, a Flagstaff-based company, to develop the LINK spacecraft. The mission aims to autonomously rendezvous with and boost the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a venerable space telescope that has…