A new paper from the Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy provides a synopsis of the emerging In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) sector.
Read More »Obruta pivots to building off-the-shelf RPOD for satellite maintenance
Obruta Space Solutions isn’t seeking to become a household name. They aren’t building launchers, and they aren’t building satellites, and founders Kevin Stadnyk and Kirk Hovell aren’t making grandiose claims about Mars. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Starfish joins queue of companies looking to service satellites
Kent, Washington based Starfish Space has announced that they’ve raised a US$7 million funding round to help them build a fleet of space tugs to help with the growing issue of servicing and decommissioning satellites. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »MDA signs contracts with Maxar for on-orbit servicing technologies
The promise of on-orbit servicing as business for MDA has been in the works for over a decade. In 2011 MDA signed Intelsat as its anchor customer for its Space Infrastructure Servicing vehicle. That deal fell through. Now, almost 10 years after that deal was signed, MDA is making some progress, as evidenced by its latest contracts. This page is for subscribers only. Already a …
Read More »Moving forward with satellite servicing standards
Satellite servicing is going from the realm of, I wish we could do this, to becoming a reality. That reality includes creating satellite servicing standards.
Read More »On-orbit servicing lessons from the Hubble Space Telescope
There are important lessons to be learned from the on-orbit servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Read More »Daniel Faber Discusses Orbit Fab’s Plan for Gas Stations in Space
If you’re a serial entrepreneur and you want to start a New Space company, what type of business should you start? Well, how about Gas Stations in Space?
Read More »Facing Tough Capital Expenditure Choices Maxar Opts-Out of DARPA Robotic Servicing Program
Maxar announced today that it had made the decision to terminate its contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program.
Read More »Satellite Servicing and Small Satellites – Coming of Age
Does it seem to you that satellite servicing and small satellites are more frequently in the news? It wasn’t always the case, but many believed it was just a matter of time when these business segments would begin to have an impact. This interview by Eva-Jane Lark from the September 2012 issue of Space Quarterly Magazine is with Jim Armor Major General (retired), one of those believers. A …
Read More »MDA Marketing New Robotic Kits for On-Orbit Servicing
Three months into his new job as the Group President of MDA in Canada and Mike Greenley is very busy shaping the 49 year old company to the realities of today, including ways to spur growth in a tough domestic market.
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