Space missions are getting more complex − lessons from Amazon and FedEx can inform satellite and spacecraft management in orbit
- Written by Koki Ho, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
As companies develop satellite constellations as shown in this illustration, they'll need to repair satellites in orbit. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld, CC BY-NDMost space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like...