October 9, 2019 09:08 pm GMT
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The first spacecraft that can service satellites to extend their life launched today
Up until now, commercial satellites have essentially been disposable. Even the massive, multi-ton ones that can have service lives spanning a decade or more eventually just become so much space trash once they’re out of fuel, or they experience some kind fo terminal mechanical failure. A new spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman and launched aboard […]Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/peotj-ELkRE/
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