Officials are unconvinced of strategic benefit, even as industry eyes long-term contracts

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Arizona-based Katalyst completed the acquisition of Colorado-based Atomos in March for an undisclosed amount.

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Redwire will supply three Mako satellite buses for the Space Force's Tetra-5 and Tetra-6 experiments

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Executives say the industry has to work harder at proving the commercial viability of in-orbit services

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Brig. Gen. Panzenhagen: ‘We're focused on understanding the state of the technology’

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The Naval Research Laboratory delivered a pair of robotic arms for Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle

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MILAN – Italian space logistics company D-Orbit announced a 119.6 million euro ($131 million) contract with the European Space Agency for a spacecraft servicing vehicle.   Under the contract announced Oct. […]

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Atomos Space and Katalyst Space are collaborating to retrofit geostationary satellites with space domain awareness sensors

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NASA is assessing a plan developed at the request of Congress to continue a satellite servicing mission but has made no decisions about rescinding earlier plans to cancel it.

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LAS VEGAS – The Space Development Agency is preparing to award contracts to companies focused on satellite servicing. Through the contracts, SDA, which is part of the U.S. Space Force, […]

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The company’s refueling nozzle was tested at the Air Force Research Laboratory

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The Colorado-based startup recently demonstrated autonomous in-space welding

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Starfish’s Otter space servicing vehicle would provide “augmented maneuvering” capabilities to military satellites

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Col. Rich Kniseley: ‘We need to make sure there is a business case for commercial companies to survive if the government is not there’

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to discern the obvious: the new generation of satellites are not meant to be refueled.

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WASHINGTON — The Space Force is eyeing innovative in-orbit refueling technology, but a key question lingers: is it worth the cost, especially when the military is considering a shift towards […]

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Lt. Gen. Bratton: “We talk a lot about space refueling, but we don't really know what the case is for its military utility”

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The satellite industry would seem to have nearly a billion reasons to embrace satellite servicing. But the insurers who are on the hook for massive claims are taking a far more cautious approach.

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Astroscale is moving into the next phase of an inspection mission as its spacecraft approaches a derelict upper stage in low Earth orbit.

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A robotic servicing vehicle will rendezvous with a military satellite and attach an imaging payload

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The People’s Liberation Army is working comprehensively on the technology and training tools for on-orbit satellite refueling for both peacetime and wartime scenarios.

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With a $1.3 billion defense backlog, the company is eyeing opportunities for in-orbit services and transportation vehicles

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NASA has canceled a multibillion-dollar project to demonstrate satellite servicing technologies that had suffered extensive delays and cost overruns.

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Diane Howard: "The industry has to have a “clear demand signal from government users"

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