Growing Orbital Services Industry Means Cheaper Military Sats—SDA

A DARPA-Northrop Grumman satellite servicing vehicle.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
An increase in the commercial industry’s ability to service or even deorbit old satellites frees up groups like the Space Development Agency (SDA) to lower the cost of its constellations as it may no longer have to proactively plan the end of a satellite’s life to get out of a congested orbital...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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