New tests for rendezvous and docking interoperability
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ESA is developing new tests for rendezvous and docking interoperability, part of work toward satellites and spacecraft that can dock, refuel, repair, recalibrate and be repurposed rather than operating as one-shot missions.
Currently, space missions are one-shot affairs: satellites are sent to orbit to do their mission until they run out of fuel. The European Space Agency is working on a more sustainable future where satellites and spacecraft can rendezvous, dock, refuel, repair, recalibrate and even be repurposed for new missions indefinitely.
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