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DARPA’s RSGS Progresses Despite Lawsuit, Justice Department Moves To Dismiss

Pat Host

Friday, April 21st, 2017

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving forward with its geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite servicing program despite a lawsuit that the Justice Department on April 11 moved to dismiss.Space Systems Loral (SSL) said April 12 it signed and executed a contract with DARPA to develop advanced capabilities for servicing and maintaining spacecraft in GEO. The program is known as Robotic Servicing of Geostationary Satellites (RSGS) and intends to develop technologies that would enable cooperative inspection and servicing…

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