// RESEARCH TRACK — Servicing, refueling & life extension
On-Orbit Servicing
CONCEPTInspect. Refuel. Extend.
Rendezvous, proximity operations, and servicing to refuel and extend the life of on-orbit assets.
On-orbit servicing closes the loop on the lifecycle: rendezvous, proximity operations, inspection, refueling, and repair that extend the working life of assets already in orbit.
It shares rendezvous and capture heritage with the Vanguard OTV and propellant-transfer heritage with the Drift Node — servicing is those capabilities pointed at someone else's spacecraft.
- Status
- Concept
- Function
- Inspect / refuel / repair
- Ops
- Rendezvous + proximity
- Heritage
- Vanguard OTV, Drift Node
- Targets
- Third-party assets
- Horizon
- Mid to long-term
Life extension
Refuels and repairs assets to extend their working life.
Proximity ops
Rendezvous and proximity operations on cooperative targets.
Shared heritage
Builds on Vanguard capture and Drift propellant transfer.
Tell us the objective. We'll fly the rest.
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