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“There must be a predictable, transparent and common sense regulatory framework that protects investment and lower barriers to entry for private capital,” said Axiom Space’s Mary Lynne Dittmar.
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DIU is seeking companies with the “capability for bulk storage of liquid (>5,000 kg) and gaseous propellants on orbit,” including hydrazine, liquid oxygen and others.
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“It’s not just resiliency from a life-extension perspective” for the Space Force. said SpaceLogistics President Rob Hauge. “We’ve got the potential to actually include other payloads as well,”
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Active debris removal is “definitely a need, and I think there is a use case for industry to get after that as a service-based opportunity,” said Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt.
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“I see a great expansion in capability that will come as a result of this,” Anderson said of SpaceLogistic’s first robotic on-orbit servicing mission.
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DARPA’s budget documents say cislunar orbit is the “new high ground” at risk of being taken over by US adversaries.
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The updated debris rules address new space activities such as mega-constellations, Cubesats and satellite servicing.
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“It’s mostly a bunch of backward-looking colonels at DoD” causing the problems, said one industry source, “not the IC.”
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The new effort focuses on space situational awareness, space data analytics, space communication, artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite servicing.
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“Much of the excitement surrounding the ‘new space age’ is centered on recent innovations and growth seen in the commercial satellite industry,” said Tom Stoup, president of the Satellite Industry Association.
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