The European Space Agency (ESA) is anticipating a new era of in-space servicing activities to prolong mission lifetimes, such as refuelling, refurbishment, assembly, manufacturing, and recycling. The agency has begun soliciting ideas for In-Orbit Servicing activities from European industry and academia. A first stage ‘request for information’ has been posted on ESA’s Open Space Innovation ...

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