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This Article is From Dec 07, 2016

NASA To Build Robotic Spacecraft To Repair, Refuel Satellites

NASA To Build Robotic Spacecraft To Repair, Refuel Satellites
NASA is building a robotic spacecraft with tools and technologies needed to repair or refuel satellites
Washington: NASA is building a robotic spacecraft equipped with the tools and technologies needed to repair or refuel satellites currently in orbit.

The US space agency has awarded a $ 127 million contract to the California-based Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto for Restore-L Spacecraft Bus and Support Services.

Space Systems/Loral will provide spacecraft bus, critical hardware and services for the development, deployment and operations of the Restore-L mission.

They also will provide related services to accomplish mission integration, test, launch and operations.

The Restore-L Project is managed within NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

Restore-L is a free-flying mission projected to launch in 2020 to perform in-orbit satellite servicing in low-Earth orbit.

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