The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has coalesced a group of organizations to mock up new rules governing commercial on-orbit satellite repair and refueling. Its Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) seeks to set standards that will ensure on-orbit activities do not endanger the long-term sustainability of the satellite servicing industry. […]

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Source: [url=http://www.satellitetoday.com/government/2017/11/27/darpa-initiates-consortium-orbit-satellite-servicing/]DARPA Initiates Consortium for On-Orbit Satellite Servicing[/url]


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