Servicing spacecraft approaches a satellite

An artist impression of how ClearSpace’s servicing spacecraft would approach a satellite in geostationary orbit, to latch on and provide orbit control. This comprises the company’s ENCORE (Europe’s New Commercial Orbital Revenue Extension) mission plan. ClearSpace’s servicer can dock and undock with client satellites multiple times, and can itself be refuelled in-orbit.

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