DARPA investigates space tanker to refuel orbit-changing satellites

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is heading a new Pentagon effort to design a space tanker to refuel satellites. It would deliver fuel that would power satellites for dynamic flight and orbit changes. The idea promises to reduce the fuel cost of satellites and make it less...

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