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DARPA Plans Repair Robot for Satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit

Original: Inside DARPA’s Mission to Send a Repair Robot to Geosynchronous Orbit

DARPA is developing a robotic spacecraft designed to service and repair satellites in geosynchronous orbit, roughly 36,000 kilometers above Earth. The program, detailed by IEEE Spectrum, would extend the lives of expensive communications and military satellites that currently cannot be fixed once deployed. Interest is focused on the engineering challenges of robotic repair at such extreme distances and its implications for space operations.

Why now: Renewed attention to space technology and satellite servicing capability has put DARPA's orbital robotics program back in the conversation.

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• Inside DARPA’s Mission to Send a Repair Robot to Geosynchronous Orbit · IEEE Spectrum

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