Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal
Astronomy Cast
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Extending the Life of Satellites
Northrop Grumman has docked on to an Intel sat that was above geostationary orbit. And if you can extend the life of satellites by either refueling them or adding something onto them, you can extend their life and you don't need to launch more things. If we can figure out how to build spacecraft compatible with refueling satellites, we will have a future where there's just this flock of little boosters that simply do all the Holman transfers in the world," he says.
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