Satellite refuelling is the operation of replenishing on board propellants and other consumables in satellites in orbit, e.g. in geostationary orbit around...
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orbit. Included are satellites at Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2. High-altitude platform station Solar aircraft Satellite refuelling to distinguish them from...
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Intelsat (redirect from Alliance for Competitive International Satellite Services)
(formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a Luxembourgish-American multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative...
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Orbit Fab (section Refueling service)
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...
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Spaceflight portal ETS-VII DART (satellite) Mission Extension Vehicle Orbital Express Robotic Refueling Mission Satellite refuelling Space Infrastructure Servicing...
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Orbital propellant depot (redirect from In-space refueling)
Intelsat showed interest in an initial demonstration mission to refuel several satellites in geosynchronous orbit, but all plans have been since scrapped...
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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...
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Mission Extension Vehicle (category Satellites of the United States)
another spacecraft through on-orbit satellite servicing. They are 2010s-design small-scale in-space satellite-refueling spacecraft first launched in 2019...
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Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communication satellites; if it can sustain high speeds, it is termed satellite broadband...
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refuelling pods for probe-equipped receiver aircraft. Cobham 805E Fuselage Refuelling Unit (FRU) for probe-equipped receiver aircraft Being refuelled...
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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...
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Format Camera (LFC), conducted a satellite refueling demonstration using hydrazine fuel with the Orbital Refueling System (ORS), and conducted numerous...
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Global Positioning System (redirect from Global positional satellite)
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta...
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Cobham Limited (redirect from Flight Refuelling Ltd)
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...
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Space Infrastructure Servicing (category Satellite servicing missions)
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...
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(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...
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OSAM-1 (category Robotic satellite repair vehicles)
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...
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Satellite (ERBS). They also performed scientific observations of the Earth with a Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling...
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Blue Ring (category Service satellites)
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...
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KH-11 KENNEN (redirect from KH-11 spy satellite)
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...
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Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling...
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On-orbit satellite servicing OSAM-1 Robotic Refueling Mission Orbital Express Robotic arm "DARPA's robot could start servicing satellites in 2025". spacenews...
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SpaceForce Tetra 5 satellites would be launched in 2025 with RAFTI interfaces for a refuelling demo in geostationary orbit. Robotic Refueling Mission NASA tests...
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Sputnik 1 (redirect from First artificial satellite)
ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical...
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Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the Earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling...
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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...
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Xi'an H-6 (category Air refueling)
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...
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Landsat 7 (category Earth observation satellites of the United States)
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...
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The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department...
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Astrium (redirect from Astrium Satellites)
technologies necessary for on-orbit satellite servicing, including spacecraft refuelling, in order to enable satellite mission extension and also controlled...
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