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Rafael’s US Arm Granted Facility Clearance From DCSA; Joseph Anderson Quoted

The U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems received a facility clearance from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency in February, Defense News reported Wednesday. Bethesda, Maryland-based Rafael Systems Global Sustainment started the application process for the clearance in April 2020 and Joseph Anderson, president and CEO of RSGS, said securing the approval provides […] More

by Jane Edwards March 3, 2022, 11:47 am
in News, Space News

DARPA-Northrop Partnership Works on Robotic GEO Satellite Maintenance Platform

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to complete a payload technology for its Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program this year in collaboration with Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics subsidiary and the Naval Research Laboratory.

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by Matthew Nelson July 20, 2020, 7:16 am
in Government Technology, News

Northrop’s Kathy Warden on Satellite Servicing Market Opportunity

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tapped Northrop Grumman in March as its commercial partner for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program and Northrop CEO and 2020 Wash100 awardee Kathy Warden said the program could help broaden on-orbit servicing capabilities, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards April 30, 2020, 4:19 am
in Government Technology, News

DARPA to Host Proposers Day for GEO Robotic Servicing Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a proposers day on May 22 to discuss with industry a new program that aims to build robots that will operate in orbit to support satellites and other space-based infrastructure.

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by Darwin McDaniel April 23, 2019, 6:21 am
in General

Praxis to Help Plan DARPA’S GEO Satellite Servicing Mission

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tapped Praxis to oversee mission planning for the Robotic Servicing for Geosynchronous Satellites program following Maxar Technologies“™ departure from the effort in January, Space News reported Sunday.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers March 18, 2019, 5:43 am
in Government Technology, News

DARPA Reviews Satellite Servicing Robot Design

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has concluded a preliminary design review of a satellite servicing system being developed in collaboration with Maxar Technologies“™ SSL subsidiary. DARPA said Friday results of the assessment showed that the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites payload could operate for several years and repair at least 20 commercial and government […] More

by Monica Jackson August 20, 2018, 3:23 am
in Featured, General, News, Space News

Richard White Talks SSL“™s On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, Assembly Work

Richard White, president of government systems business of Maxar Technologies“™ SSL subsidiary, has said he believes on-orbit satellite servicing initiatives could transform the basic principles of how industry and government use and regard satellites, the Via Satellite magazine reported in its August 2018 issue. White mentioned the company“™s on-orbit assembly work through the Dragonfly program with NASA […] More

by Jane Edwards July 25, 2018, 5:08 am
in News, Space News

SSL Aims to Advance In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Through NASA, DARPA Programs; Al Tadros Comments

Maxar Technologies“™ SSL subsidiary plans to leverage its work with NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build up its in-orbit satellite servicing business, SpaceNews reported Monday. SSL works with DARPA to build a vehicle designed to repair, inspect, refuel and install payloads into satellites operating in geostationary orbit through the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites […] More

by Jane Edwards June 12, 2018, 5:46 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

SSL’s Richard White Envisions Space-Based Satellite Manufacturing Facility

Richard White, president of SSL‘s government systems business, predicts that satellite production efforts in the near future could take place in space, he told The Washington Post in an interview published Friday. White added he believes that all activities on Earth will eventually be performed on-orbit. SSL, a subsidiary of Maxar Technologies, is working with the Defense […] More

by Ramona Adams December 27, 2017, 1:33 pm
in Industry News, News

Space Systems Loral to Conduct On-Orbit Refuelling Service for SES Satellite

SES has entered an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to carry out a satellite life extension mission using an on-orbit refuelling spacecraft made by MDA’s Space Systems Loral subsidiary. The agreement will make SES the first commercial customer of the satellite refuelling service and will allow the company to activate the service when needed, SES said Wednesday. […] More

by Ramona Adams June 29, 2017, 2:45 am
in Industry News, News

SSL, DARPA Finalize Agreement to Develop On-Orbit Spacecraft Servicing Tech

Space Systems Loral has finalized an agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technologies that would help service and maintain spacecraft in geostationary orbit. SSL said Wednesday its team of engineers and technicians will perform work at a company facility in Palo Alto, California. DARPA and SSL unveiled a draft version of their public-private partnership agreement for the Robotic Servicing […] More

by Ramona Adams April 13, 2017, 10:12 am
in Industry News, News

DARPA Eyes Public-Private Partnership for Robotic Space Servicing Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking at potential public-private partnerships to advance the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program, which pushes to enable robotic support for geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites within five years. DARPA said Friday RSGS looks to create a commercially owned and operated robotic servicing vehicle with an agency-built toolkit to be integrated with a privately-made spacecraft. The […] More

by Scott Nicholas March 29, 2016, 12:22 pm

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