Phoenix rising: New video shows advances in satellite repurposing program
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
Inserting new capabilities into a satellite is no simple task. Doing so as that satellite hurdles through space 22,000 miles above the Earth is a bit more challenging still. DARPA's Phoenix program, which hopes to repurpose retired satellites while they remain in orbit, seeks to fundamentally change how space systems could be designed here on earth and then sustained once in space.