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...

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