Astroscale has a new partnership with Astro Digital US Inc. that will see Astroscale’s Generation 2 Docking Plate incorporated into Astro Digital’s modular satellite bus for end-of-life (EOL) servicing preparation. […]
Satellite servicing
Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics 3rd Mission Extension Pod sold to Intelsat
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) SpaceLogistics has sold its third Mission Extension Pod (MEP), a propulsion “jet pack” that extends the life of legacy satellites, allowing them to operate longer […]
Starfish Space to perform LEO satellite docking using electric propulsion
Starfish Space, a satellite servicing company founded by former Blue Origin and NASA engineers, recently announced that the company’s Otter Pup satellite will launch in the summer of 2023 and […]
DARPA’s robotic servicing of GEO sats demo mission aims for a 2024 launch + Naval Research Lab + SpaceLogistics project involvement
All component-level tests are complete on DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program and the on-orbit demonstration mission is on schedule for launch in 2024 — the RSGS goal […]
Spaceflight’s New Sherpa-AC Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Is Being Prepared For Launch
Spaceflight is preparing to debut the company’s new Sherpa-AC vehicle on the upcoming Transporter 5 rideshare mission. The Sherpa-AC will be onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 that is scheduled to […]
First Structural Metal Cutting In Space Demo By Nanoracks + Maxar Will Be Aboard The SpaceX Transporter 5 Rideshare Mission
Voyager and Nanoracks have announced that the first Outpost demonstration mission (Outpost Mars Demo-1) is expected to launch this month aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare flight. This mission is part […]
Astrobotic’s $1.5M From NASA To Provide Mature Satellite Servicing And Hazard Detection Systems For Space
Astrobotic’s HazNet system leverages hardware acceleration and machine learning to produce real-time hazard maps of potential celestial landing sites, and LiDAR-based solutions to map planetary bodies, service satellites, and detect […]
Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission Successfully Completes Complex Rendezvous Operation
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) has announced that, despite several unexpected setbacks, the company’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission successfully completed further controlled close-approach rendezvous operations between its two spacecraft […]
Astroscale U.S. + Orbit Fab Sign The First On-Orbit Satellite Fuel Sale Agreement
Orbit Fab, the Gas Stations in Space™ refueling service provider, and Astroscale U.S. Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., have signed a commercial agreement to refuel Astroscale’s Life […]
Astroscale Reports On Their ELSA-d Satellite Servicer Anomalies During The In-Space Test Capture
The Astroscale team has made excellent progress addressing the anomalies experienced that occurred in January during the ELSA-d Autonomous Capture demonstration, with most issues either resolved or mitigated. However, there […]