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SSPI Timeline: 2007 – Orbital Express
March 11, 2007 – The Orbital Express mission of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) completed history’s first satellite-to-satellite hardware transfer in orbit. The mission aimed to test robotic refueling and satellite servicing in space as a means to extend the lives of commercial and government spacecraft
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Visit the SSPI Satellite Industry Timeline to tour the decades of the Satellite Era
The SSPI Satellite Timeline is the first interactive site on the Web to chronicle the rich and diverse history of the commercial satellite industry. Launched in October 2007 – the 50th anniversary of Sputnik – the Timeline is a learning tool for satellite professionals, students, the news media and the innovative companies that make up the industry
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