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Competing visions emerge as mission extension services come to fruition

Artist rendering of Orbital ATK's mission extension pod system. Source: Orbital ATK

Mission extension services could become an important tool for satellite operators to leverage in managing their fleets. In the short term, the technology could allow operators to defer CAPEX spending by squeezing out more life from healthy satellites that have run out of fuel. In the long term, operators see a future in which mission extension…

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