Tag: on-orbit servicing
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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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Remora RPO: Starfish Space and Impulse Space Demonstrate Autonomous Proximity Rendezvous in Orbit
Overview: A Quiet Collaboration with a Big Impact Two rising forces in the small-satellite and on-orbit servicing arena quietly joined forces this year to push the boundaries of autonomous operations. Starfish Space and Impulse Space conducted a proximity rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) demonstration in Earth orbit, bringing two spacecraft to within 1,250 meters of…
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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…