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DARPA scheduled SSL to be ready for a systems requirements review for the RSGS spacecraft bus in October 2018.
DARPA structured RSGS so that DARPA would provide the robotics package to be integrated with a commercially provided spacecraft bus.
DARPA created the Blackjack program to develop a satellite constellation in low Earth orbit that offers persistent, global coverage for military operations.
The DARPA Experimental Spaceplane concept calls for performing 10 flights in 10 days at speeds up to Mach 10.
A government-industry team including Aerojet Rocketdyne, Boeing, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency completed a series of 10 test firings over 10 days of the AR-22 engine intended for use on a reusable suborbital spaceplane.
DARPA plans to buy commercial satellite buses and integrate them with military sensors and payloads for the Blackjack program.
DARPA is expected to award $117,500,000 in contracts over three phases to up to eight bus and payload suppliers for Blackjack.
In May 2017 DARPA selected Boeing to develop the XS-1 program, with Masten Space Systems and Northrop Grumman having received earlier study contracts.
Space Systems Loral is collaborating with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to send a mobile servicing vehicle into geostationary orbit through the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program.
SSL is investing with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program to develop a vehicle that can inspect satellites in geostationary orbit, refuel them, repair mechanical problems, and install new payloads.
DARPA awarded SSL a contract to develop a robotic servicing spacecraft for GEO satellites capable of supporting both commercial and government satellites.
The committee requires the Missile Defense Agency to develop a persistent space-based sensor architecture capable of supporting the ballistic missile defense system and compatible with DARPA efforts on space-based sensors for missile defense.
The Senate Armed Services Committee directs the U.S. Air Force and DARPA to work with the Missile Defense Agency to study whether the LEO constellation has the potential to meet MDA’s space-based requirements.
Blackjack was launched by DARPA last year with the goal of developing a low Earth orbit constellation to provide global persistent coverage for military operations.
DARPA plans to award $117,500,000 in contracts over three phases to up to eight bus or payload suppliers for the Blackjack program.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing operations, called Confers, held its first meeting on May 21 in Marina del Rey, California.
Confers activities are currently supported by DARPA, with future costs to be covered by member companies.