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Asking that first point of a company right now would probably just kill the geostationary launch industry for a few years. Those kinds of mission rescue/extensi
by dotnet00 3y ago
Asking that first point of a company right now would probably just kill the geostationary launch industry for a few years. Those kinds of mission rescue/extension vehicles are still under development. There was one such mission a few years ago, but it was a special case for reasons I can't recall right now. At the moment I think there are a handful of companies working on both adapters to be placed on the initial satellite and the MEV to go with it which would be launched in case of a problem with certain systems.
Plus, retrieving it is almost guaranteed to be unrealistic. It's out near geostationary orbit. The only options are to have an MEV move it into normal geostationary orbit or dump it into a graveyard orbit.
- Kinrany 3y agoThe direction is good though. Instead of a fine they could be required to pay a space janitor to clean up their mess in the next N years. That would provide funding and motivation for space janitor companies to improve their technology faster.