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TL;DR: It's difficult and expensive to repair satellites in space. So NASA is building semi-autonomous robots to service them in orbit. They also want to build stuff in orbit from scratch. When ...
These days, building and launching your own satellite means creating a sophisticated piece of technology — and then flinging it into space where you’ll never see it again. That means if anything ...
This article originally appeared in the June 4, 2018 issue of SpaceNews magazine. Space Systems Loral’s booth at the Space Tech Expo in Pasadena, California, was flanked by robotic arms: a sturdy one ...
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China tests robotic arm for space repairs
China's Yuxing‑3 06 satellite has completed its first in‑orbit tests of a flexible robotic arm for spacecraft servicing, marking a milestone for autonomous space maintenance. The arm, developed by ...
For a long time, once an orbiting piece of machinery reached the end of its life (or fuel), that was it: it either ended up floating forever in the junkyard our orbit is slowly turning into or crashed ...
NASA has selected two thermal protection system (TPS) repair techniques to be demonstrated in orbit during a spacewalk on the STS-114/Discovery Space Shuttle return-to-flight (RTF) mission scheduled ...
SSL has won a $20 million contract from DARPA to build two robotic arms that could help repair or inspect damaged satellites. Credit: SSL. SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Defense Research Projects Agency ...
When your satellite breaks in space, as DigitalGlobe’s did on Monday, there isn’t an easy way to repair it. Technology that’s currently on the horizon may change that, however, allowing satellite ...
Agency hopes development of inspection and repair methods will pave way for spacecraft to return to flight NASA engineers will report this month on potential methods of on-orbit inspection and repair ...
After 20 years of trying, NASA still has not produced a method for in-orbit repair of damage to the reinforced carbon composite (RCC) wing leading-edge box on the space shuttle. The obvious solution ...
HOUSTON — NASA will study whether it can give astronauts the ability to inspect and repair heat-resistant tiles while the space shuttle is in orbit, officials said Monday, one of the first moves the ...
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