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Institution: | 2. Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Department of Electrical Engineering, Porto, Portugal;1. University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;2. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3141, United States |
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Abstract: | On-orbit servicing of spacecraft and payloads is one of the most viable economic justification for a permanent, manned space station. Services include the changeout of Orbital Replaceable Units (ORU's), the replenishment of consumables, general maintenance, on-orbit assembly and repair of failures. Among economic and operational advantages are: longer spacecraft operational lifetime; lower acquisition cost of satellites; improved spacecraft performance. A comparison is made between space station and shuttle-based servicing. |
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