Astroscale U.S. Signs Space Act Agreement with NASA to Advance National Security on-Orbit Servicing Capabilities – SatNews

NASA Signs Space Act Agreement with Astroscale U.S.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with Astroscale U.S., to test rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) capabilities of the Astroscale U.S. Refueler spacecraft. Astroscale U.S. will test its Refueler at GSFC in preparation for Astroscale U.S.’s two refueling operations of U.S. DOD satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) for the United States Space Force (USSF). “This opportunity …

Astroscale U.S. signs Space Act Agreement with NASA to advance national security on-orbit servicing capabilities – SatNews

Artistic rendition of U.S. Astroscale’s Refueler spacecraft. Astroscale U.S. has signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to test rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) capabilities of the Astroscale U.S. Refueler spacecraft. Astroscale U.S. will test its Refueler at GSFC in preparation for Astroscale U.S.’s two refueling operations of U.S. DoD satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO)…