{"id":33437,"date":"2024-03-26T16:53:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T16:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/26\/space-development-agency-may-hire-companies-to-tow-defunct-satellites\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:45:55","slug":"space-development-agency-may-hire-companies-to-tow-defunct-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/03\/26\/space-development-agency-may-hire-companies-to-tow-defunct-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Development Agency may hire companies to tow defunct satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Development Agency is interested in hiring commercial space firms to move inactive satellites out of low Earth orbit at the end of their service life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/opp\/5a68efab26d24d5981bfef6ed7e4749d\/view\" target=\"_blank\">notice to industry March 25 <\/a>asking for analysis and studies on the feasibility and availability of in-space disposal services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSDA believes there are several industry partners with concepts and business models to support commercial on-orbit servicing, to include assisted disposal operations,\u201d the agency said. \u201cAs such, SDA is interested in studying the feasibility of using these services as a \u2018belt and suspenders\u2018 approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the coming years,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/01\/16\/space-development-agency-to-buy-54-missile-tracking-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\"> SDA plans to launch hundreds of data transport and missile tracking satellites<\/a> into low Earth orbit, about 1,200 miles above the equator. Those systems are designed to deorbit on their own in compliance with U.S. government standards, which call for operators to remove spacecraft once their missions have ended. Options include moving the satellites to designated disposal orbits where there is less risk that they could cause a debris-causing collision in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, SDA is interested in securing a backup plan should those satellites fail earlier than expected or be unable to deorbit on their own. Companies including Blue Origin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/03\/22\/orbit-fab-ships-first-satellite-refueling-ports-to-space-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">Impulse Space<\/a>, Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman subsidiary Space Logistics are developing orbital transfer vehicles that can essentially provide a satellite tow service, among other missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Derek Tournear, SDA\u2019s director, said March 18 at the Satellite 2024 conference in Washington, D.C., he\u2019s interested in the business model these firms are pursuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that if these spacecraft materialize, it could reduce the cost of SDA satellites, eliminating requirements for the backup systems that add size and weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to be able to take more risks on my satellite, not have redundant propulsion, things like that,\u201d Tournear said. \u201cThere\u2019s several companies that are working on that, and I hope they\u2019re successful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orbital transfer vehicles are part of a broader space logistics market that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/03\/12\/space-force-mulls-refueling-as-industry-calls-for-funding-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\">includes services like in-space satellite refueling and repair<\/a>. 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