Pioneering Orbital Express Offers Lessons for Satellite Servicing

Credit: DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
With the Orbital Express mission over, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (Darpa) manager for the program has a message for America’s military space architects: U.S. satellites could use a “first responder” servicing satellite to help them when they get into trouble in orbit. This...

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