When will on-orbit servicing be part of the space enterprise?

The space industry is currently at a significant inflection point. Over the past decades, many spacecraft at geosynchronous orbit have continued a trend towards increasingly massive and longer-lasting satellites, and while they do represent some of the most exquisite, highest-performing satellites e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Putbrese, Benjamin L., Hastings, Daniel E, La Tour, Paul Alexis
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118431
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-5110
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-2513