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NRL develops robots that can service satellites in orbit
- The Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites payload can service satellites in orbit.
- The NRL and the Defense Advanced Projects Agency have completed its development.
- The organization delivered the new space capability to Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics. The company will integrate the robotic payload with its spacecraft bus, the Mission Robotics Vehicle.
- RSGS is intended to demonstrate upgrades and repairs to valuable assets using robots.
- The robotic payload developer for the RSGS program is the NRL. Should this project prove successful, satellites could receive in-orbit upgrades to extend their service lives.
- The test campaign put the robotic payload through its paces across the range of temperatures it will face while in orbit and tested all aspects of the payload including avionics, cameras, and lights.
- Following its anticipated 2026 launch on the Northrop Grumman’s MRV spacecraft bus, the robotic payload will undergo initial checkout and calibration with full operational servicing missions to follow.
- RSGS robots could demonstrate broad servicing as a precursor to building large structures in orbit such as an observatory or solar power stations,
- The NRL has longstanding relationships with academia and industry. It employs approximately 3,000 civilian scientists, engineers, and support personnel.
- NRL is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with major field sites in Stennis Space Center, Miss.; Key West, Fla.; and Monterey, Calif.
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