NASA and SpaceX to study boosting Hubble Space Telescope into higher orbit
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:38 pm
NASA and SpaceX to study boosting Hubble Space Telescope into higher orbit
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NASA has said it is working with Elon Musk's private company SpaceX to study whether the Hubble Space Telescope could be boosted into a higher orbit.
SpaceX signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement on 22 September, NASA said, that will look to study whether such a move could be made possible by using SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
While there are no concrete plans to make such a manoeuvre a reality, NASA says the study will help understand the commercial possibilities of such an endeavour.
SpaceX has proposed the study, NASA said, to help understand the challenges of servicing missions such as this.
The news brings to mind the Hubble servicing missions carried out during the era of the Space Shuttle.
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news ... her-orbit/
NASA has said it is working with Elon Musk's private company SpaceX to study whether the Hubble Space Telescope could be boosted into a higher orbit.
SpaceX signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement on 22 September, NASA said, that will look to study whether such a move could be made possible by using SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
While there are no concrete plans to make such a manoeuvre a reality, NASA says the study will help understand the commercial possibilities of such an endeavour.
SpaceX has proposed the study, NASA said, to help understand the challenges of servicing missions such as this.
The news brings to mind the Hubble servicing missions carried out during the era of the Space Shuttle.