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In the 1970s, the Brunswick Corp. developed several unpowered radar decoys, including the Samson, which was produced for the Israeli Air Force by Israel Military Industries (IMI) in the early 1980s. The Samson proved highly successful, prompting the US Navy to purchase about 2000 of them during the mid to late 1980s. The first units entered US ...
DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program leverages commercial space technology to inspect and repair aging or broken satellites in the geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), about 35,786 kilometers (22,236 miles) from Earth. [1] Robotic arm, part of the RSGS robotic payload, in an electromagnetic test.
On-orbit satellite servicing refers to refueling or repairing space satellites while in orbit. [1]New commercial interest in on-orbit servicing of satellites is in large part due to the decreased costs of launching commercial satellites and the rise of low orbit, rather than geostationary, satellites for which servicing costs less.
However, the design concept surpassed the technological capabilities of the time, leading to the cancellation of the program in May 1962. The Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program (IDCSP) was proposed as one of two recommended follow-up approaches to deliver a working satellite. Philco (now Ford Aerospace) was contracted for the work.
In 2016, NASA's Restore-L satellite was intended to refuel Landsat 7. [4] In 2020, SPIDER was added and the name was changed from Restore-L to OSAM-1. In Feb 2022, OSAM-1 passed its Critical Design Review. [6] On 04 Sept 2023, NASA notified Congress of their intent to cancel OSAM-1. [7] On 20 Sept 2023 the satellite bus arrived at NASA Goddard ...
Another key benefit of co-location as exercised by SES is that of reliability of service, and it is a crucial defence against satellite failure. In the group of co-located Astra satellites at 19.2°E, each craft has additional backup capacity to be used in the case of a partial or complete failure onboard another satellite in the cluster.
Sputnix develops orientation and stabilization systems and other service systems for microsatellites and CubeSat satellites; microsatellite and CubeSat platforms, allowing the quick creation of satellites for technological, scientific and educational experiments; equipment and software for ground communication stations; attitude determination and control system test benches for research of ...
Evolution of the Satellite Tracking And Data Acquisition Network (STADAN). NASA CR-140390 - William R. Corliss (June 1974). Histories of the Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN), the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN), and the NASA Communications Network (NASCOM). NASA SP-2007-4233 - Sunny Tsiao (2007). "Read You Loud and Clear!"