The European Space Agency has awarded D-Orbit a contract valued at approximately $130 million to develop and launch a spacecraft for the agency’s commercial in-orbit servicing mission called RISE. The contract for the mission, the first under the ESA’s Space Safety Programme, calls for the demonstration of a spacecraft capable of engaging and controlling another space vehicle for repair, refueling,...
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ESA Awards $130M Contract to Develop In-Orbit Spacecraft Servicing
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