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What Could Satellite Servicing Mean for Space Warfare?

By Kendall Russell | January 17, 2018

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DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) vehicle. Photo: DARPA.

DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) vehicle. Photo: DARPA.

A research associate at the University of Maryland believes in-orbit satellite servicing spacecraft akin to the one under development at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) could heighten tensions between spacefaring countries. Could such spacecraft be used to sabotage our enemies’ — or our own — satellites in orbit?

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