Satellite refuelling is the operation of replenishing on board propellants and other consumables in satellites in orbit, e.g. in geostationary orbit around...

orbit. Included are satellites at Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2. High-altitude platform station Solar aircraft Satellite refuelling to distinguish them from...

Spaceflight portal ETS-VII DART (satellite) Mission Extension Vehicle Orbital Express Robotic Refueling Mission Satellite refuelling Space Infrastructure Servicing...

(formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a Luxembourgish-American multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative...

in-space refueling systems for satellites. Orbit Fab was founded by CEO Daniel Faber and CDO Jeremy Schiel in 2018 to extend the lifetime of satellites. In...

Intelsat showed interest in an initial demonstration mission to refuel several satellites in geosynchronous orbit, but all plans have been since scrapped...

replacement fuel canisters that would be grappled by SIS and used to refuel dozens of satellites over a period of years. These canisters would be much lighter...

another spacecraft through on-orbit satellite servicing. They are 2010s-design small-scale in-space satellite-refueling spacecraft first launched in 2019...

and refuelling point (FARP) or forward area refuelling point is a NATO term for an area where aircraft (typically helicopters) can be refuelled and re-armed...

refuelling pods for probe-equipped receiver aircraft. Cobham 805E Fuselage Refuelling Unit (FRU) for probe-equipped receiver aircraft Being refuelled...

Format Camera (LFC), conducted a satellite refueling demonstration using hydrazine fuel with the Orbital Refueling System (ORS), and conducted numerous...

Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communication satellites; if it can sustain high speeds, it is termed satellite broadband...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta...

development by Blue Origin. The platform is to be capable of refueling, transporting, and hosting satellites. A prototype was launched on New Glenn's inaugural...

method of air-to-air refuelling for the first time in 1949. A wide range of aircraft have since been equipped with Cobham's refuelling equipment. The company...

(GSFC). It was planned to demonstrate the technology and tools to refuel satellites in orbit by robotic means. After the proof of concept, the long-term...

conceptual NASA mission and spacecraft designed to test on-orbit refueling of satellites. The program was cancelled in 2024, two years ahead of its planned...

aerospace firm MDA to operate as a small-scale in-space refueling depot for communication satellites in geosynchronous orbit. In June 2017, SSL (MDA's Palo...

Satellite (ERBS). They also performed scientific observations of the Earth with a Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling...

Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling...

On-orbit satellite servicing OSAM-1 Robotic Refueling Mission Orbital Express Robotic arm "DARPA's robot could start servicing satellites in 2025". spacenews...

two under-wing Cobham 905E hose and drogue refuelling pods and its centreline Cobham 805E Fuselage Refuelling Unit (FRU). Proposals to provide a new dedicated...

ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical...

NASA announced it planned to attempt the first ever refueling of a live satellite by refueling Landsat 7 in 2020 with the OSAM-1 mission. However after...

In order to increase the orbital lifetime of KH-11s, plans existed for refuelling the propulsion module during service visits by the Space Shuttle. It has...

Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the Earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling...

SpaceForce Tetra 5 satellites would be launched in 2025 with RAFTI interfaces for a refuelling demo in geostationary orbit. Robotic Refueling Mission NASA tests...

a refuelling probe may have first flown in December 2016. Besides extending range, a possible mission for the variant may be to launch satellites or...

technologies necessary for on-orbit satellite servicing, including spacecraft refuelling, in order to enable satellite mission extension and also controlled...

to refuel commercial satellites, and global satellite operator SES is the first commercial customer to sign up to use the services for a satellite life...