Ailing Intelsat satellite begins new life in orbit after historic servicing mission success

[Admin]

The first commercial satellite servicing mission has been declared a success after the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) satellite returned to work with help from Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle 1 (MEV-1).

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[Trixlette2]

They need to use that technology to start removing all those satellites up there that no longer work, and charge the places that launched them with the recovery price.

" About 1,100 active satellites, both government and private. Plus there are about 2,600 ones that no longer work. "

 

[Lovethrust]

They need to use that technology to start removing all those satellites up there that no longer work, and charge the places that launched them with the recovery price.

" About 1,100 active satellites, both government and private. Plus there are about 2,600 ones that no longer work. "

The satellite they refueled was way up in geosynchronous orbit. Those satellites are too high up to be practically moved to burn up in the atmosphere. They are moved to a parking orbit higher up when there lives are over and they are not hazards as there is a lot of space up there. As for the lower orbits there is a lot of junk that needs to be cleared. Fortunately modern sats leave enough fuel so they can deorbit themselves at the end of their lives.