It will deliver fuel, perform repairs to keep them in orbit longer
(NEWSER) - What's being described by Space.com as the world's first "flying satellite gas station" is expected to launch in 2015. The Space Infrastructure Servicing vehicle, as Canada's MDA Corporation calls it, will zip around and refuel satellites to extend their lives, perform repairs, and use robotic arms to nudge inactive craft into the "graveyard orbit," where they won't pose a risk to working satellites. That should help cut down on space junk. ( Click to read another idea on that.) More»
