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Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robotic arm

Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robotic arm

FromTechCrunch Industry News


Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robotic arm

FromTechCrunch Industry News

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4 minutes
Released:
Feb 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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NASA has awarded Maxar an estimated $142 million contract to demonstrate in-orbit spacecraft refueling and assembly of new components using a custom robotic platform in space. The space infrastructure dexterous robot, or SPIDER, program will be part of NASA’s Restore-L mission to demonstrate automation of proposed orbital tasks like reconfiguring or repairing a satellite or manufacturing new components from scratch.
Released:
Feb 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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