Airbus Targets 2022 For In-Orbit Manufacturing Demo

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LYON, France—Airbus Defense & Space is working toward a demonstration of in-orbit satellite manufacturing in 2022. If assembled satellites did not have to be confined within a rocket fairing and subjected to powerful acceleration and vibration, their designs could be very different, according to...

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