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Pentagon wants to use space robots to fix satellites

By Russ Read
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Pentagon wants to use space robots to fix satellites

The Pentagon’s research branch wants to use robots to repair the nation’s satellites, an initiative which could lead to significant savings for U.S. space operations.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, intends to partner with an outside organization to create robots and space vehicles capable of servicing satellites through its Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites, or RSGS, program.

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