Tag: satellite servicing
First live-fly space exercise puts real satellites through orbital agility drills
US Space Command wrapped its first exercise flying real satellites through contested-orbit maneuvers alongside allied and commercial partners.
Katalyst probe meets Swift up close as its rescue mission winds down
Katalyst's Link craft closed to within 12 to 15 kilometers of NASA's Swift telescope before its rescue mission wound down.
Space Force studies wireless recharging to cut risky satellite dockings
Yank Technologies will test whether satellites can take on power wirelessly and skip the dangers of docking.
Katalyst scraps Swift reboost, settles for a close flyby instead
Katalyst's Link spacecraft will skip its planned grapple-and-boost of NASA's Swift telescope after attitude-control trouble.
Katalyst tames a spinning spacecraft to keep Swift rescue on track
Katalyst Space slowed a spinning servicing spacecraft and now plans a software fix that could still save NASA's Swift telescope.