By A federal judge has told the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that it can proceed with developing a satellite-servicing spacecraft, rebuffing Orbital ATK [OA], which charged that the government program unfairly backs a competitor.Orbital ATK, which is developing its own satellite servicer, argued in a lawsuit filed in February that the DARPA program, which shares costs and responsibilities with commercial partner Space Systems Loral (SSL), violates multiple provisions of the 2010 national space policy, including one that prevents the government from competing with the…
Orbital ATK Loses Bid To Block DARPA Satellite Servicing Program
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